We’re All Out of Context

You have to know the future
To understand the past, friends.
I’ll let you decide

Whether that means you’ll never
Be able to understand.
Charm and consideration

Correlate about as well
As beauty and genius.
They’re not antithetical,

No, but you’d be wise
Not to expect one keeping
Company with the other.

There’s always a frame
That contains the right context
In which each decision counts

And all your outcomes matter.
But if you zoom out. . .