Replicating Lullaby

In the complete catalogue
Of known reproducible
Results and reliable

Events, sunrise is the first
And founding entry. Past that,
Items dwindle rapidly—

Most of what you think you know,
Most of peoples’ well-known facts,
Gods and heroes coming back,

Amount to speculation,
Assumption, presumption, prayer,
Hectoring, and bullying.

Reproducible results
Are both what you depend on,
And all that you pretend on.

This may be because nothing
Returns precisely the way
It ended things between you.

Daylight, moonlight, you can say,
Well, close enough. Still feel loved.
But most of the rest leaves you

Uncertain, haunted, longing,
And then there’s your own death, which
Just plays at return as sleep.