Promising but not Promising Anything

Changes are fugitive, stasis

Nonexistent. Still, there’s sameness

From every moment to the next,

Though current evidence suggests

That this effect is transient

And does not improve survival.

You have the sensation you’re here,

And, however fast it’s shifting,

You’re mostly the same you you were,

Though current evidence suggests

That this effect is transient

And does not improve survival.

You can try to fix that sameness

In place by enumerating

Each element that hasn’t changed,

Though current evidence suggests

That this effect is transient

And does not improve survival.

Or you can pick an interval

And simply subtract the changes,

Labeling all the rest the same,

Though current evidence suggests

That this effect is transient

And does not improve survival.

Or you can ignore the puzzle,

Live as if you had captured change,

Understood sameness, and found peace,

Though current evidence suggests

That this effect is transient

And does not improve survival.