Shadow Proves the Sunlight

(I like hypothetical situations
specifics scare me. are you ever baffled by the specificity of the world? i tend to think in generalities and then sometimes it hits me how strange it is that i am who i am, that i know the specific people i know, that i am where i am, how we interact, individuals…..)

Ego Iacio a Umbra - Ergo Sum
(I cast a shadow - therefore I am)

sometimes existence seems too strange to be specific, too big and broad and undefinable ungraspable to pin down on the ground and stand in and over and say there you are you! i see you and i am and i know!

the shadow proves the sunlight
maybe groundhogs day is more than its cracked up to be
Punxsutawney Phil proves himself
every year
and even though we know the sight of his shadow
won't really make a difference to winter's six more weeks
that is not really the test
the shadow is an affirmation
of there-ness
and us-ness
existence

and sunlight. the shadow proves the sunlight
groundhogs scare me they always have
a traumatic experience as a
six-year-old has left me
in contempt of the creepy little creatures for what's going on 13 years
am i afraid of the groundhog?
or the shadow?
have i lost mine?
is it stuffed in a drawer with peter pan's, waiting for wendy to sew it back on?
or have i simply ignored it, taking those six weeks for granted every year and condemning the groundhog for his silly display?
the shadow proves the sunlight
so i suppose i should go fetch wendy and have her pin it back on right away
make sure i don't use soap as glue
my shadow might mistakenly slip itself off again and bubble into another universe

but then peter would help me find it
recruit the lost boys
and straight on till morning! we go
in search of the sunlight