Once’s Time(s)

The temptation to first person 
initiation
nearly overwhelms the other 
possible worlds.

This is a narcissistic impulse
in an individual,
according to the latest
shot-from-the-hip
theories. 

Or it could be something
to do with evolution,
obviously.

Each demand for explanation
ends up at place 
critical of chaos
and unnerving realities

telling, telling,
felling the trees of
swelled up 
nonce.

For once,
let Once
live upon
A Time,

and die 
the next moment

unaware of any curse
guaranteeing a life 
after itself.