Mutation
Do not count on me; I change much as the moving mountain range. My premises slide a bit every season, never for any very good reason.
Kay Sage
SourceLicence:Public domain (US, unrenewed)
Do not count on me; I change much as the moving mountain range. My premises slide a bit every season, never for any very good reason.
In four short lines, the speaker hands you a disclaimer: don't depend on me, because I'm not fixed. She compares herself to a mountain range, which is a clever choice. Mountains are supposed to be the very symbol of permanence, yet she says hers is "moving," and that she drifts the same way. Even her "premises," the basic assumptions she starts from, shift a little each season.
The most striking moment is the last line. She admits there's no "very good reason" for any of it. She isn't changing because of a crisis or a lesson learned, just because that's how she is. The tone is dry and a little wry, closer to a shrug than an apology. There's something slightly defiant in it too: she isn't promising to improve or begging forgiveness. The mood is cool, candid, and faintly amused, as if she's offering fair warning to anyone who might want her to stay put.