Ramifications

I am.
You are.
she is, he is, it is.
we. are? aren't?
don't hit the shift and it's aren/t.
hit the shift and it's don"t.
does it mean anything?
doesn't it mean anything?
arbitrary markings, arbitrary marks.
arbitrary your way all over the map and back again.
arbitrate everything, you jackass.
i'm sorry, i lost my temper. you're not a jackass.
you're a perfectly respectable human being. deserve the same rights as
all the other perfectly respectable human beings. are they all
perfectly respectable. now that's a different question.
question everything, say the hippies.
they also say smell like patchouli, smoke green bud.
they also say, and say, and say,
and eventually (long ago) i've stopped listening.
there's somebody here, and that's all that matters. someone
else trying to make their way.
let's see if we can't make our way
together.
for a little while. just,
a little while.