should

Aaron Lozier/ May 14, 2020/ Poetry

should
the electron have spun up
in this universe
where it spun down

should
the north pole have been the south
and the south,
the north

should
i have been someone else

should
i have thought a different thought

should
i have timed my breath
a half-second off

maybe
then
things might have been
as they
should