each man must realize
\nthat it can all disappear very
\nquickly:
\nthe cat, the woman, the job,
\nthe front tire,
\nthe bed, the walls, the
\nroom; all our necessities
\nincluding love,
\nrest on foundations of sand —
\nand any given cause,
\nno matter how unrelated:
\nthe death of a boy in Hong Kong
\nor a blizzard in Omaha …
\ncan serve as your undoing.
\nall your chinaware crashing to the
\nkitchen floor, your girl will enter
\nand you’ll be standing, drunk,
\nin the center of it and she’ll ask:
\nmy god, what’s the matter?
\nand you’ll answer: I don’t know,
\nI don’t know …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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