Arguably, This or That?

If not this, it would have been that.

Had it not been the hip then more than likely

the knee. This could be a case of either or—

if not the bird than possibly the bee.

Arguably, if not Italian, it may then perhaps

have its origins in Greece.

If not up, then down. A turn to the left or to

the right will make the difference between

loose or tight. May have been planned, or on

the other hand, without any rhyme to the

reasoning. Consider the implausible, face the

reality, had it not been you, with a degree

of certainty, it may have been me. Then again,

could have been the other guy, the tall one

or the short, the lean one or the fat.

It is with this fundamental premise I state

my case, right or wrong, had it not been this,

then most assuredly, it had to be that.

I suppose, hypothetically, it could be neither,

but what are the odds of that?

Chris Hanch 11-9-17