cause & effect

he said

he was going

to put the bullet

through his brains

and she said

what of the effects

her words

were innocent

and lilting

(and he smiled)

but

he said there weren’t any

he didn’t

matter

she thought

then

who was

the cause

‘it wasn’t

anybody’s

fault’

what was it

‘it wasn’t

Anything

It just

Is’

she wondered

if he knew

that if he wasn’t a cause

he had to be an effect

and

she said

repeatedly

to the corpse

I am the consistent cause

i am the consistent cause

i am the consistent cause …