Didn’t see
it coming; not
that I couldn’t; just
didn’t. Didn’t
want to.
No one wants to;
not when it matters…
no one wants
to have seen it, even
if they could.. even
when they knew.. or at least
foresaw
an onrushing wake of mistakes.. and
closing probabilities.
No one’s ready
to see
when they figure
it might
turn out exactly
how they expected and refused
to acknowledge,
in ..disbelieving fear.. and…
no one
is really
prepared.
From Book IV
Rummages Across the Dead Land 
I like the hesitation, conveys a very real feeling of unavoidable cascading cause and effect.
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Thank you. The circumstances had been jarringly real at the time.
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