October 14, 2024

On My Response to a Book Review in the New York Times

It's so very easy to say "Because this, I that"

forgetting that "because" is a transience

pointing to a “normal” for us, now

(standing upon a greater experience)

which might not have been so, then

would be strange to our grandparents

and much more than strange to theirs

time often changes what we'll "because"

for instance

it makes no sense to say "Because they did, I won’t"

consistently, without considering

when it was done what we won't

and more importantly, without learning

who they were who did what we won't

and far more importantly, without thinking

would who they were in their when

endorse our casual universality