9/12/2003

I was looking
at
a volume of pictures
that changed the world
they said
the kind of proof
people
with little imagination
need
in order to realize
what
they never wanted
to happen
happened
as if
it seems
out of nowhere
when
the driving force
had been in motion
masquerading as
the best possible world
for some time
and taken
at face value
because
to do otherwise
would have meant
making a distinction
between
what is going on
that presages disaster
and pretense
which
if you've neglected
your imagination
you won't be able
to detect.