January 3, 2023

NOT ALWAYS EXACT

 

It would be nice, but things are not always

exact – like a knife, a fork, or a spoon –

like numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ,9  or

a hammer, a screwdriver or an axe.

Sometimes we have to deal with a comment

another makes about our motives.

Sometimes someone thinks they know

what we did and why we did it – but they

might as well have been in Madagascar

and we were in Minnesota in an Uber

on a side street and it was snowing.

No clue. They have no clue even though

sometimes we are a sledge hammer and

sometimes we are steel shovel – but

not today. Not today. Today we are  mystery.

  

Reflections © Andy Costello