There you have it This is what's next Clearly from all the things That came before it The pattern matches The delta is calculated It is this state of being Sure of the past's future That denies the past's incomprehensibility And the present's vagueness And language's contexts Bygones to trigones Greatest artists Livers of life Resolve the stories Of future's knife Dulling the blade Losing the edge What's in a narrative If not for continuity I tell you these snacks Get them out of my pantry Don't bring them again For while I'd like to eat them My impulses are not to be trusted