:09:01
Everything
is preordained.
:09:03
Manifest destiny.
:09:05
You can stop time from happening
no more than you can will
:09:07
the oceans
to overwhelm the world,
:09:09
or to cause the moon
to drop from her outer sphere.
:09:12
Three months later,
the handsome dunce
:09:14
had an affair
with a friend of mine.
:09:16
Within a year,
he was a full-blown queen
:09:18
and telling people
I couldn't get it up.
:09:21
Luck has nothing
to do with anything.