July 10, 2017Poem

Do the birds sing

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Do the birds sing

The cock crow

Who decides

On the meaning

Of a reason

Or when to stop

To listen

To the music

And bring

An end to the beginning

How do we stop moving

When the whole world

Is spinning

On its axis

What is the point

Of endeavour

If endurance is

Forever

And nothing really changes

What

Is holding up the sky

To keep it from crashing

Into the ocean

Does the baby

Cry

A strong wind die

For the benefit of no one

But Mister Kite

Who doesn’t really listen

To anybody but himself

It makes little sense

To question

The small things

If the answers

Are written

In the margin

Life is not a crib sheet.