Inevitability

There are many things in life which are inevitable or nearly so: death, disease, disaster, delirium, dementia, despair – just to name a few. But they are things most of us hope will never happen. We don't normally think about the thin line between the inevitable and the unthinkable. But it is there, and it is breached once in a while.

There are all these boundaries we don't think about. How much do you push someone before they crash through? How much do you abuse the environment before it collapses into a different phase?

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Inevitability

we turn in dwindling inclusion
to define where we are at,
trapped in narrower seclusion
by tightening legal caveat -
for the threat of execution
dwarfs the execution of threat

from the height see how the land lies,
each hazard hid within its bower;
clad in white men with clubs realise
importance of four holes an hour -
for the power of joint exercise
masks the joint exercise of power

we - scorpion race that raises fire
(venom of stars in sting of faith;
the tighter turn in heat of ire,
the closer stilling of our breath) -
know: the death of all desire
follows all desire of death