It depends

I want to believe

that my mind

is arbiter of thorny issues,

that truth is always

as obvious and immutable

as one plus one makes two.

But the soul,

the soul makes choices

based on a certainty

that nothing is certain,

that very occasionally,

one plus one

can equal two and a half,

more, or sometimes, less

than half the time.

"It depends", says soul,

"on whether you have skin

In the game."