Circular Boring

The reach of your activities
Has always by far exceeded
The reach of your understanding,
And probably it always will,

As understanding scrabbles shafts
Drilled through newly created pasts
By previous activities.
You mostly think of this as bad,

Since you tend to choose bad or good
Then argue until some team wins,
With each argument expanding
The reach of your activities,

Which understanding tries to grasp,
As the next arguments break out
Over whether that last outcome
Should be considered good or bad.