I wonder what confines you
to one answer one storyline
told well with no loose ends
to feel secure in a set outcome
that’s never truly in doubt
as if some god narrator tells
your story as you cross a street
distracted by the buxom woman
in the low-cut blue blouse
so much so you miss the bus
which smacks you like hubris
into oncoming traffic lanes
is life simplified when one believes
one word must follow the next
(February 11, 2014)
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