Paradise is to the desert
as an oasis is to a therapy patient/
a bored child to uselessness.

The existence of an analogy
the happenstance of a desire
does not fulfill need.

A complimentary color
does not make two things match.

The history of the individual
the psyche we built of a past
does not come in pairs.

Solutions are challenging.

If the existence of paradise fixes nothing,
it does not make it any less appealing.

If a nuclear bomb offers no solution,
is it not like the societal craving to be “in shape?”