Self is poured into the social structure
In which one is situated
Options of connection are dependent
On the system in which one is
One is as an actor pouring self into a role
But self is not a role, though he or she act
One is situated
Friends are determined
Whom one receives into one’s life
Casting from the script written by the social structure
In which one is situated
Much as my television dictates
The terms of my engagement
(So, tonight I resigned myself to Karate-Kid II)
But I did not choose it
Personality improvises
Within the plot structure scripted
By social structures in which
One is situated
Self persists, improvising, developing, and accumulating
Experiences, motivations that persist
As the moon under undulating waves
In the play in which
One is situated
David Fekete 