The Inevitable and the Arbitrary

Fear themselves—fear itself.
Bad things you can’t escape
But that you can’t predict—

Human authorities
Who answer to human
Authorities who aren’t

You, your friends, anyone
Interested in you.
The classics. Torture. Death.

Diseases. Accidents.
Homicides. Thefts. Floods. Debts.
Happened. Not happened yet.

In the news, it says news
Is so depressing now,
Few people follow it.

But you still follow it.
The inevitable.
Arbitrariness. It.