Overdue Bill

You may or may not
Believe in free will,
But you didn’t choose
Freely which it was
You chose to believe.

Paradoxes chase
Themselves like kittens
As the walls close in
On lying Cretans
Explaining good lies.

Actual kittens
Dig in the catnip,
Chew on the cardboard,
Scratch at the window,
Survive with a will,

Will in abundance,
Will in overplus.
It just isn’t free.
What if you believed
In expensive will,

Will that costs dearly,
Will from which you can’t
Shake free? A shiver
In your paradox
Suggests this exists.