have mercy
have mercy
on other people’s
mysteries
as they
have mercy on yours
have mercy anyway
the subsequent
tedium notwithstanding
that its substance
abuses time, because
none of its plenitude
is yours to choose from
just let yourself
be chosen
douched with
life’s latte
notwithstanding
its lack of marshmallows
and other old
rock-n-rollers
but I repeat myself
running past libraries
and shouting through
doorways
is tiring enough