Monday, February 23, 2009

Let Us Now Praise the Unanswerable Mysteries of Man: A Poem

What makes a car go?
And how does it stop?
And what is the relationship of rain to snow?

How are bridges made?
Do animals feel pain?
And what causes colors to softly fade?

Can blind people see?
What lights up the night sky?
And do tortillas grow on a tree?

Can a Frenchman laugh?
How do planes fly?
What's the difference between a shrimp and giraffe?

There are things, Hamlet opines
to some other fellow
that we'll never fathom in our simple minds

Mysteries for which there is no answer
Just impossible to know!
Feelings, not facts, elusive as a dancer

Who won World War Two?
Is tobacco the same as glass?
Is there an explanation for the word 'shoe'?

I've said it before
and I'll say it again
Here's to mysteries! Not science, but lore.

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