Arbitrary

If you had to put a label on it I suppose you’d be 

tempted to term it a hazy form of egocentrism or 

of being independently disposed firmly believing 

you really know what & who matters; of course a 

singular view - and tested only when shit hits the 

fan dispassionately spreading everywhere but a 

narrow band of perceptually ultra-sensitive crap- 

evaders pursuing disaster-distancing strategies 

So, where does it leave me, you’ll ask and we’d 

still have to say in the middle of a disaster zone 

as an innocent well-doer; but you only measure 

what you want to see within a framework paced 

to your specific needs - and universality can go 

play arbitrary games with those who ran away 

And rationally, it’s the key to your being alone … 

© 21 November 2015, I. D. Carswell