At First Sight
What's lunacy but
where you're seen in town,
which people you are noticed with,
what words are overheard
sprouting from your mouth
or directed at you.
What's madness
hut your life
impinging on others
in random ways,
at odd times,
defying explanation
while at the same time
encouraging it.
What's insanity
but the interpretation
put on all this
accidental contact,
the haphazard
in the guise
of preordained.
What can be rational
when unexpected people
haunt the unsuspected places.
What's love for instance
but stuff that shows up in the heart,
that should be in the head.