Decision Theory

                            The story starts out
 
to illustrate sprucing up.                             Tell me about
 
                           the time you 
                                         were in it.   

 The quantification of the process 
                                         of making choices, 
explication of the symbolism 
of trees, 
                               knowledge of leaving behind, 

the settling that nears that. 
                                                    The red envelopes 
                                                    had nothing special 
                                                    in them. The replica 

of Brooklyn on the 
                    black-and-white corner. 

             It takes such
             a long time to
             be succinct.

                                             world-weariness.
                           Glossaries of



This poem first appeared in issue 3 (March 2001) of Poethia.