R.M. Dolin, 2016
Calculus of Causation
No one sets outs to be a hero
anymore than someone strives
to be forgotten.
Yet in between the
calculus of causation
and variables we pretend to control
lies drama as much as struggle.
Walk down any random isle
of any grocery store,
turn the corner
and you just may come
face-to-face with fate.
Kismet is as much
a bitter truth
as a romantic distraction.
As are variables we once
so confidently controlled
in a calculus of our own causation.
Background poem from the “What Is To Be Done,” trilogy. Jake and Dario consider the extent to which fate is what put them on their inevitable trajectory.
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