4/1/2003

Everything
he said about
the human race
was true
his understanding
of motivations
astute
with nothing left
when
all was said
but
a complex of interactions
discernible
and manipulatable
by anyone paying
close attention.
Predictable
as we are
however
there is more
going on
than
a basket of snakes
released in a crowd.
Even if love
is
out of the question
something for
another meditation
there is
a hard nut
of mystery
that can
pique curiosity
buried deeper
in some
than others
but
irremovably there
occasionally revealing
that
more than formula
orchestrates
each of us.