We plan days
like our lives
are a game
to be won.
But strategy
won't boost our luck—
not even a little.
is as certain
as the punchline
to a setup; it's just
the length
of our stay
of execution
and the build-up to
and the nature of
that devastation
which beguile us,
like riddles,
just long enough
to keep us from
asking the obvious
questions.
