Friday, July 23, 2021

OCCAM'S RAZOR

It's simple: prune away 
the near-
limitless causes

and suddenly 
the least conspicuous 
becomes the most plausible.

For instance,
in order to measure 
the harms we've caused

verses those 
we've incurred, 
either 

the good Lord 
took our innocence 

and in return, 
gave us sons 
and daughters;

or else, 
increasingly high-level 
security clearance 

begot 
ever more furious 
computer virus coders;

or lastly—
and by far the least
fathomable of all—

evolutionary 
pressure 

hastened 
the invention 
of numbers.