What Are The Odds? April 26, 2026

today should be the last day

in the 70’s for quite awhile

those two crows are so close

to finding the roadrunner’s nest

as she dives at them with her beak

that woman in anti-disease wear,

covered head-to-toe and a mask,

could miss the oncoming car

while crossing the road

oh, and the guy I saw reading today

as he’s walking – the bloody knee

and the sprawled book I picture

so clearly in my mind

or none of those things will happen

you and I should know by now

to never bet on any outcome

because the miracle is simply

the unscripted nature of life

and surprises are the mosquitos

that sting presumptions, causing

any prediction to say ouch

and yet I enjoy lounge chair conjecture,

generally, avoid using bug spray

and still buy pens in packs of ten