Another one that started from a variation on a book title. So far, I think the proper ending is after ‘It rained all weekend long’—but it’s an early draft, so I’m including the additional bits for now.
I need to know some things
about the world
I don’t know exactly what they are
so it’s best if you start at the beginning
When we get to things I know
you can skip those bits
I probably wasn’t listening anyway
—
Is the weather supposed to be accompaniment
or equaliser?
My father died
on a sunny Friday morning
It rained all weekend long
—
Do we have emotions
to dissuade us from logic
or do we have logic
to distract us from emotion?
And why are they separate things?
—
The Wall came down
three years ago
and we celebrated
So why are we trying to put up new ones?
—
Why do I resist
the ones I fall in love with?
Do we lose points
if we get it wrong?
—
If past performance
is not an indication of future returns
what does that say about history?
—
Why do we want to go to Mars
when I can’t even get to New York?
—
What does it all mean?
(10 July 2019)
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