Willy and Nilly, A Dialectic

Willy (in quotes). Nilly (in italics).

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“Whether when or after
or before the doubt comes,
we must factor in the likelihood
of random outcomes.”

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What good would that do?

Why do we need to know a thing?

Why do we care about what isn’t here

or what it might or mightn’t bring?

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 “This is the place to put an upbeat –

to wave a brave baton – to order

choruses to crowd into the street!

Get unified resources out to sing!”

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Why is there is a worse or a better

time for that? Why don’t we all

go to bed and get fat? What is there

to dig for? Where is the mine?

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“We dig to fathom depth. Interiorly

find our way to all of wisdom’s wells

indwelling in our secret selves, inquire

how we might retrieve our awe.”

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What is awe? How could we have

lost it if we had it? What more

is there to say or find?

Why seek to seek or speak at all?

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“Hell is dialectical. Wrangling

over unimportant aspects

of a badly written story.

Heaven is a spectacle of glory.”

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Which ought we to prefer?

Which one’s for you

or me or him

or her?

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[Willy and Nilly won’t tell, don’t care.

They’ll dare you willy-nilly and distract you

willy-nilly, and then fell you like a tree, running

willy-nilly through the casual jazz of casuistry.]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E1jtLJq2FA

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