Bay, indentation, viscous rocks
that are somebody’s pleasure. Pleasures that don’t go away
but don’t exactly stay,
stay the way they were meant to be.
—John Ashbery
being what they are,
the why and how of
living, would seem to
be qualities or values
that are universal, if
not scientific. but,
upon some reflection
and a generous chunk
of living, that begins
to seem a rather sel
fish perspective. i’d
wager this rather
seasoned view could
be put to test polling
a quorum from just
about anywhere by
asking the following
question to one and
all: true love or true
crime? gather up the
votes and what will
you find? while i have
yet to perform such
a study, and you
might scoff at my
method, or may
suggest my query
might be leading,
has some sort of
bias, who doesn’t
think that, once
your ‘scientific’
tally is complete,
a fairly obvious
deduction with
regard to our
fellow humans
would likely be
that there are
those among us
who would find
crime preferable
to love? and by
what percentage?
what percentage?
