Because we are told
this is just
how it is,
we do not feel that
amazed
to perceive
that every thing out there
is made of bits;
and bits are, of course, built
from yeses
and nos;
and yes and no
aren't things,
they are motives—
notions, caprices, hunches,
and so on—
which makes sense
since these
are the only effects
that survive death.
And so grows our faith
in the power of
those decisions
which can't be held
in the hand or touched—
but only maintained
by the backward-
looking gaze.
