This, Or That

What is — the simplest thing
The fact — of being
Not being this — or that
Just being

That simplicity
The most obvious, ubiquitous
Most mundane, ordinary —
Unexciting — thing
In the entire universe

As space —
Everywhere — never not there
Impossible — to un-conceive
Un-imagine
Un-be

To avoid — that
Overlook — not be bored
Like a log of wood
That unimaginably
Un-engaging, un-exciting
Un-motivating, un-moving
Un-giving, un-producing
Un-meaning

Ubiquity —
We live — entire lives
From birth till death —
Being —
This
Or, that

That nature — of being
That, it itself —
Would rather be — a log of wood
Than — unimaginably
Crushingly —
Being
Without being — this
Or that

It —
Would swallow — keep swallowing
The infinite space —
The unending universe

Just —
To keep being — this, or that
Birthlessly
Deathlessly

In humans —
Imagining — that —
It is this — or that

That is birthing
Dying