You are evasive.
And I avoid challenges.
Knowing that we have gotten this far
drives me from atheism
to believing in a cruel, distant God
at times,
with all due respect.
Self-awareness
will only get you so far:
even the broadest social circle
starts and ends at the same point.
And you don't do overlap,
I've learned.
And I am no community pillar,
not even a suburban catcher,
not all things to all people.
When we can't even trust in name-tags,
what have we for society?
A rhetorical, at best,
and yet we know who we are
(collectively)
bearing
down
on whatever we'll hit.
It's basic physics,
speed and distance and trajectory,
but we're running parallel
and all over.
And across the table
a symphony
and so on
all politics and foreshadowing.
Blink twice for yes.