Sunday, October 09, 2016

Sunk Costs



1.

The tarot cards simply tell me what I already know.

   to explain everything. All at once.
heroic comfort. I wanted the analogy
I wanted redundancy enough that I could not fail. I wanted
   not to have it.
not to. Breathe. I wanted the possible. I invent reasons
I turn is afraid to breathe and afraid
I don't know what to do. Everywhere
   palpable. In other words
is possibly true. The impetus, not pathos but something else
is false. The investment
   The analogy


2.

The analogy,
to explain everything. All at once.
is false. The investment
heroic comfort. I wanted the analogy—
is possibly true. The impetus, not pathos but something else
I wanted redundancy enough that I could not fail. I wanted
palpable. In other words
not to have it.
I don't know what to do. Everywhere
not to. Breathe. I wanted the possible. I invent reasons
I turn is afraid to breathe and afraid

The tarot cards simply tell me what I already know.

3.

The analogy
   is false. The investment
is possibly true. The impetus, not pathos but something else
   palpable. In other words
I don't know what to do. Everywhere
   I turn is afraid to breathe and afraid
not to. Breathe. I wanted the possible. I invent reasons
   not to have it.
I wanted redundancy enough that I could not fail. I wanted
   heroic comfort. I wanted the analogy
to explain everything. All at once.

The tarot cards simply tell me what I already know.