Telos

The cup and the lip should split.
Too many slips between them,
Exhausting to put up with.

We would say it’s the cup’s fault,
The cup that travels, rises,
And takes aim only to miss,

But we begin to wonder
If the fault lies with the lips.
They only have to open

To set trouble in motion.
And should the goal be the lips?
Maybe asking this question

Is exactly what causes
The hitch in the cup that slips.