Unknown modes of being
Probably an exaggeration
Or perhaps an ideal
Like living deliberately
And although no doubt variants obtain
In the way or form or mode of our being
Usually induced by some catastrophe
Moral or material or both
When the mode or form of our being
Takes on a new form
The upshot is usually unpleasant
Especially when one has not sought
Such novelty deliberately

But how eager we are
To escape from banal sameness
And how we yearn
For new experiences
Hence the appeal of fantastic art
For our own fantasies arise
From the ground of our own experience
A variation of the familiar
And hence the appeal even of mere
Apygerm te lauwrc en pmisti effrent
Valentino Kardashian or Zsa Zsa Gabor
And we need the mutation for good or ill
As bacteria exchange genetic material
In the sacrament of empathy