Spontaneity

Confusion
     taunts me
     taps me on one shoulder
          and sneaks around
                         behind the other.

Is the world suddenly
     different?
Or is this some eccentric
     April Fool’s joke?

I wonder if the water is safe.

They all came from
          nowhere
    and all at the same time
          as if covertly strategized
          or the planets suddenly     shifted
               into some strange version
                                          of alignment
                         we aren’t currently aware of.

I’m stepping out anyway
     reaching out
          for the spontaneity,
                    but it seems like it may
                              disappear
                           at any second
                                       into a playground prank.