Intention

John Cage once told me,
"I got to a crossroads,
where I could go in the direction
of the things
that I intended,
or I could go in the direction
of the things
that I didn't intend.
I chose to go
in the direction
of the things
that I didn't intend."
so, after he said that,
I meditated and thought about it
for about forty years,
and have decided
that the things
which I intend
and the things
which I don't intend
come from the same source,
it just seems different,
but there must be
a difference
in the world
and the mind,
because some actions
are seen
as moral issues
which require
personal responsibility,
like killing somebody.