We may blame the invisible
deities, the almighty powers
we can’t see work
against us—toying with
what makes us tick
to urgent clocks.
And we may find relief
damning them
with metaphors, similes
and alliterative profanity
as if the gods were deaf
to rehearsed poetry.
But the sagest save energy
turning blasphemies loose
just under their breath.
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