By Ali
Date: 2002 May 20
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Context and Content

They're watching me,
Watching you--
But you're trying not to
See,
Or speak,
Or hear
Any evil.
But I'm going to hell
In a hand basket--
And you're not about to
Come along,
For the ride.
It looks like someone's
Lost his nerve
As opposed to his mind,
And that's the funny thing
About confidence,
About character,
About the choices
That we all make--
We assume that nothing changes
When we change our minds,
But that's just the assumption
Of a fool.
Context and content,
Complain and conspire
Against everything
That I thought to be real--
But to say that all realities
Are created equal,
Is a naive lie.
And I look at you,
As you try not to look at me,
And I wonder,
Exactly,
What the hell was I thinking,
When I thought that you
Cared.