if if

© 2011 by mica d'orléans   

inspired by last night's colorful readings hosted by the 22 magazine at cafe orwell my sista samantha kostmayer-sulaiman read a short story called "laam" about the arabic alphabet "L".  i will talk about it later, but her story and the readings and short films from the other artists filled my head so much that at 3:50 something i could bear no more, and to gain some zzz's i had exorcise this little poem from my system.

if if were to be

would if be on my side?

for if if and i were to pair

would not have been

been left aside?

would not possibilities cease to be

or never have been

as would have been been?

for with or without the possibility

of would or could have been

whose fates would also

have ceased to ever have been

if itself could never be