Since I was a young artist
One of the few fortunate enough
To not simply ignore
The calls and cries of capitalism
That beg the attention of pubescence
But instead, also, to focus
On something else entirely
I have noticed reoccurring themes
Little moments a director
May or may not have purposefully placed
In the biopic of my life
As yet to be determined
By a class of film students
Decades into the future
But either way existing for certain
The most common of these themes
Being the number 23
Its presence among the greatest moments
And I say greatest
From a platform of objectivity
Not better or worse
But greatest
Moments in my life
I have found myself looking for 23
They way I look for love or enlightenment
I find myself learning each time
That love and enlightenment appear
Only when, truly, I am too busy to look for them
