Or
Each and every action, event, idea, vision, dream
Must have its flash point, matrix, origin, source,
Its incipience, denouement, closure, conclusion, solution;
Each and every one, whether darkened or illuminated,
Must come to life or die, tell a truth or spew a lie,
Celebrate victory or defeat, be memorable or forgettable;
Each and every one must be sinister or evil-free,
Philanthropic or reeking with misanthropy,
Reality-driven or partaking of fantasy, surreality;
Each and every "or" must have its polarity's final say,
Its reason for being and its meaning for being not . . .
Or so I believed, with the certainty of a naive child,
Until I found my naked flesh trembling with questions,
My chest pressed against my wife's pounding breasts,
My heart choking on almond-sweetened disbelief.
02/29/12
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