If Sallinger hadn't written *Catcher in the Rye,*
Or Lennon hadn't sung, *Helter Skelter;*
If we'd not met in August
Would I write this? This!
This counter-productive
Counterfactual.

What universe would unfold
If I had no match, 
I wasn't a match.

If I stayed home;
You'd stayed.
History's a roll of dice.

Is this a good day to ask the question?
O, the women come and go
Talking of Michelangelo.

I'll not wear a watch... 
And you,
Had you gone to the bathroom 
Before driving off,
Would you have returned?
Or if Disney hadn't turned my head,
I wouldn't wish so much.