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Probable events are those
which come as no surprise
But strings of most unlikely things
conspire so they arise
If there are many ways
for a thing to come to be
Then it will surely happen,
high probability
But 'one' is a small fraction
of the many ways at hand
So for any 'one' to happen
is miraculously grand
The lottery's a gamble
but some number gets the prize
The miracle would be for Kate
to win before she dies.
And Kate does win.
With pride rejoices.
Says it's her due.
She made good choices
But when misfortune touches Kate
"Unjust", she moans, "my cruel fate."
Indignantly she asks, "Why me?"
"There's someone else it ought to be."
There is no great surprise
in what happens every day
What is quite original
is it happens just that way.
The curious way it happens
is reported as the news.
Interminable miracles
are the fabric of our views.
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