I am paying

in home goals

and this game

is no fun

because I

am losing

to the cosmos

because my

scorecard is marked

and because

the white towel

seems to have

been conveniently

misplaced.

And now

my past and my

present scrutinised

and my future

mapped by

cause and effect

I am the sum of

what I have done

and what I will do.

Einstein for dummies

not eternally damned

but nonetheless

haunted by

metaphysics

round and round

the mulberry bush

I go while the

prodigal son returns.