R.M. Dolin, 2016
No one sets outs to be a hero anymore
than someone strives to be forgotten.
Yet in between the calculus of causation
and the 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 the 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.
