(what is and what should never be)-1

 

it is time to discuss

the power of conditional

its briefness

if.

 

that word has an

impending sense of doom

the second it escapes.

 

you know what comes next

brings forth restriction

the reminder that fates

can have more power over

ourselves than we truly

wish they would… if.

 

it infests our daily lives

corrupts our souls

with its brooding force

reminding us again that

things would be different.

if.

 

we use it as a softener

but it weakens as

hydrochloric treatment.

 

we use it as a condition

so, if in our capriciousness,

we sway,

it can be done with

a save of face.

 

defining revisions

exploit contradictions

defend conventions

prevent rejections

 

all the result of the

ultimate question which

the conditional is to

leave one with…

 

what will happen

when conditions change?

 

-11/19/99, hard at work…

 

to the asylum