By Chance

 

‘now if by chance,

I should worship the fish,

who jumped in the sea from yonder star,

to life’s tree

 

and if by chance

I should honour the ape,

who lost in the clay

the deeds of His D – N – A

 

or if by chance

I should bow to a god,

who won grand design

with Einstein’s dice,

in our time

 

leave me alone to mate

and fashion by chance

my fate

and careful thought atone

 

for if by chance

a Grand Voice be not heard

over loud disdain,

on pain of death proclaim –

I AM by chance, ALONE

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‘Opiates of Reason’ Series