It Is What It Is

from Guts by Simon Lord

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it is what it is
and what it is is beyond me
so i won’t attempt an explanation
even a poetic meditation
i’ll come out with a tired platitude
and hope you’ll think i knew what you were referring to
which is your belief that
it is what it is
i hope you share the knowledge
that it is unreachable
and we can agree that we’re none the wiser
but would like to gloss over our inadequacy
and meet on that plain of going nowhere
trading in symbols
not engaging
except in appearance
and to and fro-ing back and forth
the numbers are meaningless
it is what it is
and i’m reaching out a hand because it really isn’t what it is
if we care about each other
we should recognise that nothing is what it is
it is much greater and much worse
it is much more than we could ever know
it is not what it is
if by is we mean that thing we both met before
to presume that we know it
is to overplay our hand
i‘ll reach behind my back and pull out that part of it that you didn’t even know was there
that you didn’t even know could exist
and minds will be blown
and then of course we’ll really think we know what it is
and it is what it is
and we’ll laugh
and we’ll fall over with incredulity
as it consumes us with glee
it is what it is

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from Guts, released August 7, 2020

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