CHAOS THEORY


Did you know the confused, amorphous mass
that was me, eddying and swirling in currents
of scorn, was a desperate cry for order
when I doubted its very existence?

Did you know my unpredictability
when I hurled the paint tin, clawed your face,
was only apparently random behaviour
within a rigid, determinist system?

Did you know when you called me butterfly
for evading your pinning down,
of the effect the mere flap of a wing could have,
the difference between a hurricane striking

or not?

Annie Wright


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