Looking at all the things today
I would consider all
Left in their little bubble though
You won’t see past the pall

Lean on what’s known of one event
If you would miss the whole
Lying right there is a puzzle
Your pieces I have doled

Let there remain an exception
It’s true that one person
Left with the truth in one fell swoop
Yea, bluntness there was done

Likely that I took out the chance
I had to make the dive
Look if you can’t go for the shot
You aren’t really alive

(final stanza published, in code, with key “thomas”, on May 2nd, 2025)