Random happenstance

Sometimes it seems 

There’s no more rhyme or reason to events 

Than to this painting: random happenstance 

That pleases or displeases 

Depending on taste, appetite, or mood... 

And yet we still persist in trying to control, 

Or, failing that, in loudly judging good and bad 

Instead of simply saying, 

“Ah. So that’s what’s happening," 

Or "this is how the world seems today...”