We plan days
like our lives
are a game
to be won.
But strategy
won't boost our luck—
not even a little.
is a 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
for just long enough
to keep us
from asking
the obvious questions.
