Wednesday, December 7, 2022

THE PACKAGE INSERT

When you pass 
by another, it's 
probably best 

to avert your eyes 
or keep them 
downcast—

that way, 
you'll miss the slight 
tremble of presence 

which you'd be 
almost certain 
to glimpse there—

and which might, 
in turn, fill you 
with an urge to possess  

all of that clemency, 
love, and 
benevolence 

you have been 
heretofore 
highly successful

and almost 
content to be 
living without.