Set the playing card to one side
Ignore momentarily the suit and the value A through K
Join the battle of setting aside

It’s foolish to regard the imperative as always unjust
It’s foolish to regard conflict as always hurtful
Is always always always

Mention some flower
Some delicate petal of pink or gold
Mention some great movement of people or nature

Perhaps in our engagement with art
We willingly suspend consent
Along with our healthy habit of disbelief

In art anything is possible
But what’s possible is not always advisable
But what do you do with the pain

Here perhaps a clue
Here perhaps is part of what is meant
By the concept of acceptance

No deliberate not knowing
The K is still the K the 4 the 4
But must you always play the hand you’re dealt

True you can’t play any other hand
But there are places and times wherein
You can change what it means to play