why write #738

why write

i'm so disappointed in everything
AND in everything i read

life is so disappointing
so few people "get it right"
we're flush
with WORLD VIEWS
suffocating us
forcing us to TAKE SIDES
when no one has even begun
to clarify
why one side is better than another
and
how is it that
each can be a little right
and a lot wrong?

like the revolution comes to kafka's village
who's fighting who?
why?
no time to think, defend
the town
your family
yourself
against them
they might even be your neighbors
(hutu/tutsi)
it's very hard to say who they are
but they're nearby
and angry
isn't that enough?

and the only thing that moves
with regularity
are the seasons
is it fall already?
is my son 16?
(that billy joel song...
it'll be great to see you, dad...
when i can find the time, etc)
though MY dad's been
long dead
my mom freshly dead
if i BELIEVE in an afterlife
does that HELP her
ghost/spirit
or not?

who is wise?