Why is it called chaos game
when all we do seems to reframe
the thoughts we've had before?
If half of x constitutes y
and if, therefore, the sky is blue
then let me show you
something else:
a little girl that sits and dwells
on a green field
plays with a game of marbles.
After each cast
she looks and pins
a little leaf of grass
into the ground.
She plays her game
until the sun goes down
and, tired now, she rises
looks again -
begins to frown at what unfolds
before her eyes;
the leaves of grass
have formed a shape
that, in the gloomy light,
resembles much a pyramid
with lion head, a human body,
and a riding knight who clutches
a fleur-de-lis-
Reaching down the giant girl
picks from my hand the gift
that I for her have brought
into this world, for her to drift
however far she dares
to go.
And chances are that,
in this chaos,
in this chaotic game,
this lily is the only thing that we both see
and thus the only thing that is worth looking at;
Thus, my equation ends,
having used up all xes
and all whys-
exhausted from such high amount
of unpredicted turning points-
And no one tries
to sit her down to talk.
And so the girl continues;
and she keeps on to walk
in purple fields,
with lilies in her hair,
forever drifting,
planting her faithful seeds.
*I swear, I'm not on drugs!