--- title: How it happened id: howithappened genre: 'verse' project: title: Elegies for alternate selves class: elegies order: 14 prev: - title: I am link: i-am next: - title: Love Song link: lovesong ... I was away on vacation when I heard--- \ someone sat at my desk while I was away. \ They took my pen, while I was taking \ surf lessons, and wrote the sun into the sky. \ They pre-approved the earth and the waters, \ and all of the living things, without even \ having the decency to text me. It was not I \ who was behind the phrase "creeping things." \ When I got back, of course I was pissed, \ but it was [already written][] into the policy. \ I'm just saying: don't blame me for Cain \ killing Abel. That was a murder. I'm not a cop. \ The Tower of Babel fell on its own. The ark \ never saw a single drop of rain. I'm [the drunk][] \ sitting on the curb who just pissed his pants, \ holding up a sign asking where I am. [already written]: shipwright.html [the drunk]: problems.html