I aimed at A and br Hit W, by God's grace, or is it Z or N? br The cat crunching her meal br As holy a sound br As the rap of some committee chair's gavel. br I can not help but wonder br At the course of a life so horribly off course br From the intended trajectory of those who launched me. br br A certain gray kitty br And a thousand other contingencies br Never even vaguely seen or even sensed at launch. br br If Mother were alive br Would she be pleased? br The moon shines a tarnished sliver br On my wife's truck's windshield.