May 01, 2023 – A

Circumstances are always coming along,
crashing into circumstances 
already in place,
creating new circumstances on the spot. 

Circumstances have been here from the start.
There never was a time
before circumstances.

Circumstances generate circumstances
as a perpetual motion machine,
never stopping,
always going,
spinning out more circumstances
at days end
than there were at the beginning.

Where do circumstances come from?
From circumstances!
And we will do well 
to stay out of their way,
as much as possible!

They have a life of their own,
coming and going,
like galaxies and planets,
animal species
and mountain ranges.

I could sit and watch them
for eons and ages,
looking out some window.

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