like the pretty girl
who gets told she's
beautiful (too
much)

or the clever kid
who gets mistaken
for intelligent (all
the
time)

"if i'm so pretty then
&
"if i'm so smart then


why

--something that isn't
necessarily as smart
or as pretty as they
feel you want them to
be--

ask if there is a god and
see something beautiful
and
think
*yeah!
hey,
why
not?*

'maybe!'

loose leaf definitions of
big time descriptions
make for a all-inclusive
night club filled with the
uglies and weirdos and
old time hair-dos:
the types that come to
walmart
at
night--the types of creatures
that you find at
the bottom of the
ocean with their self-sufficient
light
things

"are not we all
philosophers?"

yeah: sure; uh
yesno

and

is there a god?

yeah: uh; sure
yesno

these addages--
i spread them over my toast
in order to make a more per
fect breakfast, never realizing
that this is a sometimes
world and
the sometimes make little ruts
and grooves in our vinyl and when
you play it back
fuck
sure
yeah you can come up with
some kind of description
"that
sounds like god"

we are all
speculative
philosophers contemplating
meanings--but the thing is

one man is the sayer of
shit and men are the affirmers
and if you listen
its just a big bad chain of
yesnoyesnoyesnoyesnoyesno
yesnoyesnoyesnoyesnoyesno
and when the clock strikes
nine everyone laughs and says

'maybe!'

and

'see you tomorrow!'

and

'maybe!'