BEST SHOT

BEST SHOT

riddle is,
and here we talking,
riddle of RIDDLE

where language
confronting reality
longing
    to go mimetic
takes its best shot

despite, in its
heart of hearts, at
the root
of the tree

suspecting infidelity
reality hiding
something, putting
on a show
(and not
for that matter
a critically
acclaimed one)

yes
    language has
always clung to the
possibility
that when
we speak of reality
grounding identity

we might
    be shocked and
surprised
that when
push comes to shove
the thing
about reality is
   there is no such thing

and yet one would swear
to their being
billions of miles, even
lightyears
of thinginess
    surrounding us everywhere
in every direction

here
    every quantum mechanic
steeped in
field mathematics is
dramatically enjoining you
to hold
    his (or her) beer

as you
      take a dip
out of consciousness to
hear this
spokesperson speaking

explaining why
everything so
riddled
     with riddle

paradox boxed
inside paradox

the more certainly so
the more
      simply impossible to
conceive of
such a thing