Black Swan Theory
Elysia Smith
Proof is too heavy to hold.
Human legs quit themselves
and sit under pressure--
so we grow longer arms. We
sprout itching feathers. We stretch
tip to tip to move forward. However,
what is true today may not
be true tomorrow. The existence
of something does not predetermine
the existence of a specific future.
Let this be your thesis in times
of need, birds can’t throw salt
over their shoulders--everything’s
different from the sky anyway.