A Random Variable

by John O. Neblett

Under a cloud
the earth is quiescent
in its submission to chance.

In Borneo
a butterfly’s habitat
has been clear-cut by Man.

Man, altering chance,
has reduced the butterfly’s
damping effect on

probabilities
a tornado may be spawned –
a child of earth’s wrath.

 

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