Fickle fractions forget: The reliability of a given factor Is a testament to stone and arbitrary Particles Spearheads are made of the same stuff As doorknobs And neither chose fate Or free will We thinking machines are thus, Steel or iron or brass All our glass will chatter and shatter According to the laws that cannot even Govern the weather And yet! Poetry And yet! Self-determination And yet! Love's ungloved hand Shaking and sweating and sweet