GRUE

she calls herself a realist,
but her skepticism only
approves of nominal totality.
you could fall in love with her
if she wasn't such an oxy moron.

'let's look at this objectively'
she says and peels off all her skin,
pops her eyes out of their sockets,
and yanks her tongue out of her
hypocritical mouth.

she considers herself scientific,
pragmatic, rational. she
presents representationalism,
disregarding perpetual illusion.

she will never live up to
her ontological commitment.
she can't help but ignore
the explicit implications
of her presuppositions.

she would like to have you
believe she is agnostic.
she is not an atheist or a theist
she, too, is beyond good and evil.

she scarcely believes in anything.
she is a nihilist with a few
contradictory distinctions.

©Copyright 2004 Sheila Cook.