I am not entirely certain
how any of us make it through unscathed,
what with spitting frying pans just out of reach
and the temptation of roundabouts
reversing cars in driveways
epidemics from exotic locales
the drunk driver who slams into the rear of the car
leukemia, accidental smothering, house fires, bush fires
and possibly lack of food since mother is
catatonic in the living room,
paranoid about what might happen
instead of out in the world
let alone here in this moment.
