Signs and Omens

Sanity might be
to see signs and omens
and recognize the difference between the two.
Causative correlations
Passive associations
The which is which.
My head hurts today.
A homeless man on a bus made a sad attempt
at weaving fictitious subtexts into someone else's conversation.
What a piece of work is man:
that he may construct patterns out of the litany of his own nation
and yet not stop at the border of the undiscovered country.
Can we help but delve deeper into the patchwork of reality
hoping to find infinite fractals of order?
What arbitrary deity draws the line of structure at "Here and no further"?
Internally and externally we find peace and position in society
by drawing multi-coloured threads between the pegs of events
and yet, someday, will we pick up a wholly unnecessary spool
and overwhelm the map of reality with our prophecies?