A Person Protests to Fate

A person protests to fate:

"The things you have caused

me most to want

are those that furthest elude me."

Fate nods.

Fate is sympathetic.

To tie the shoes, button a shirt,

are triumphs

for only the very young,

the very old.

During the long middle:

conjugating a rivet

mastering tango

training the cat to stay off the table

preserving a single moment longer than this one

continuing to wake whatever has happened the day before

and the penmanships love practices inside the body.