lines in the hand in poetry

the mystics and statistics
the gods and all the odds
there may be magic out there
but there are a lot more frauds
sometimes it’s a profundity
or sometimes just profanity
sometimes a permanent debt
or just temporary insanity
maybe it’s credit or blame
maybe fortune and shame
there is so much more than
the date when you were born
or lines cut into your palm
there are the hurricanes that
rip our eyes out randomly and
then the choices that you make
when you’re standing in the calm
sometimes you stand in the calm

Last updated March 05, 2019