Knowing How It All Comes Out

The beauty of the rerun,
Rewatched, reproduced story
Is that comfort in knowing

Always how it all comes out—
Lear, Oz, or morning cartoon,
Rom-com, sitcom, or epic—

You can savor it for what
It’s got in it, not suffer
Over what comes next. The best

Position is to be free
Of authorial duties
And decisions about fate,

While certain of the outcome,
Confident about the end.
You’d think you would enjoy life.