THERMODYNAMIC COYOTE

There's a...law (interesting term that)
Of thermodynamics that some would interpret to say:
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
And, well, yes, so far as energy quantifies,
A relationship does inhere between effort and achievement.
But laws, at best, describe reality; they do not contain
Reality.  As the attitude behind street crime proclaims,
Coyote graffiti, many experience arbitrary, lunch paid but
Stolen, so what's to do but steal lunch back?  The structure
Of cosmic time, like a dream of eleven dimensions
We can see, at best, projected into four,
Maintains a relationship between effort and achievement, yes,
Not arbitrary, but far from guaranteed, full of
Wormholes, with patterns part clear to grasp, part,
And who can tell how large a part, laughing, snarling,
Transmuting behind our backs:  Coyote galactic pilot.

— Uncle River

Fiction by Uncle River
has been excerpted online at
Talebones

All rights to this poem belong to its author.

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