Empiricalness

It never pans out as how we perceive it.
Is there a lapse in our way of looking at it?
Or does the universe allot us karmic cookies?

There is the least heartburn when every emprise
is treated as an outing at a cafeteria: steward is
tendered little something without remorsefulness.

Our chronicle from crib to wherret doesn’t offer
many gifts wrapped in a silken bow: daily grind
holds the key to future endowments.