« Quel mensonge dois-je tenir? » -Arthur Rimbaud

Was that even a question?

Is this how it begins?

For what exactly?

The flat tar roof?

Is this how it begins,

beyond the obvious?

The flat tar roof

asking, how could they?

Beyond the obvious

who jumped first? Why? Or,

asking how could they...

I don’t know? Who can remember

who jumped first, why, or

for what exactly.

I don’t know. Who can remember?

Was that even a question.