7%

There’s a 7% chance I’ll be run over by an airplane taxiing to its gate;                7% I’ll be disemboweled by American dingoes;7% I’ll have a line of designer socks named in my honor;                7% this statistic could rise to 14%,but 7% it could be halved by a lack of interest.

There’s a 7% chance the best thing I’ll write has already been written;                7% I’ve got an undiscovered talent I’m aware of;7% I’ve got an incurable disease I wouldn’t want to cure;                & 7% someone’s looking over my shoulder& hoping I’ll notice, if only to pretend he/she’s not looking.

There’s a 7% chance the next phone-call will bring us tragic news;                7% we’ll do something about Global Warmingbefore it’s almost too late & then still decide not to do anything;                7% we might bring about a lasting peace,& 7% it’ll only last a few weeks before the bloodshed’s renewed.

Fortunately, there’s a 7% chance these statistics are way off                & 7% no figures will back these up;7% this is really about the probability our fetus has an abnormality,                & 7% that this 7% may refer to something else,something that will assuredly & continually cause our hearts to ache.