What It is or Could Be

 

Life is a mystery.

Yesterday is history.

Stories told between you

and me

are usually fantasies.

realities,

niceties,

or atrocities.

The alphabet begins

with an A and

Twenty six letters later

it ends with a Z.

Similarly,

travesties

and pleasantries

are sometimes

begun tediously

then summarized

linguistically

with brevity

and alacrity.

Presumably

there is the possibility

this could be

one of those.

I suppose intuitively

it shows,

last night I spent

my time alone.

         -30-

Chris Hanch 12-25-2021