Is belief in
the sentiment of love & of
revolution

a contradiction between
singular & universal:

must one sacrifice the other
            or
is the distinction no more than
a mistaken understanding?

To what extent
are the things that we say & do
beyond our control?

Even though
            the choice to say “No”
is always present,
            radical freedom
co-exists with
profound dependency upon others*,

how can biological compulsion
override the tide of cause & effect:

how can the immaterial
change the course of material consequence?

& do these simple questions
really matter,
            because
ultimately

we are forced to exist.





* Simone de Beauvoir – Pyrrhus and Cinéas