Black Cygnets

Anticipating any
Highly unlikely event
Is terribly unlikely
To prevent unreadiness.
Unlikely happy events
Only make us more reckless
Because we get too giddy;

Unlikely unhappy ones
Only make us more reckless
Because we get too distressed.
In the event, most events
Never happen anyway,
And the few that do always
Catch us napping, once again.