modern philosophy
do you want it to be a homeless man
a destitute waitress with pedigree
or better yet a homeless man who
fell
hardboiled out of his shell
and now fishes popcans out of
garbage bins
you walk on your way to class
having been just disgorged from the bus
and he stands right there
shouting
lost and aloof
DO YOU COCKSUCKERS WANT
PROOF OF OVERBEARING
DETERMINISM
you will die
STOP ASKING WHY
AND HOW
climb on your roof and
survey the lands with your eyes
THIS is worth dying for
so stop trying to prove
yourself
by the daily decay of your every
cell
you acknowledge the greatness
of dying roses
with your purpose and aging
and
YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN
and so
turning and turning and speaking
he passes
and I hurry to go to class
and thinking hard
write this down in the palm
of my hand