Just wondering …

The Evidence

Funny (well, not really) how

You can lose your voice (or is it

Your nerve?) late in life 

(Though it can happen anytime)

And you wonder if  anything you've uttered

 Was ever real and not contrived — except 

Contrivance also is real. A cassoulet,

Though most contrived, tastes real enough.

 Maybe the surest way to heaven is to keep

An eye out for where it has contrived

To pass by right here and now.