a billion or so years ago
setting in motion the planet's commotion.
Just what it was we never will know.
Some aging star may have exploded,
two atoms might have combined.
Whatever it was, whenever it happened,
it can't be undone, we can't hit rewind.
Whatever will happen, WILL happen.
There is not a whole lot you can do.
I would not contemplate or think of debating
with FATE, if I were you.
One step, one game, one day at a time,
towel in hand always — or at least in sight —
look down to third for coach's sign,
take the first two, then hit to right.
