When our children stand
to toddle away, do we
chase after or watch them go?
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Where we see toddlers
they see young adults who wish
we’d see their maturity.
Seeking Structure
Should we abandon
these questions about questions
and go looking for some rhymes?
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Like rhymes, our reasons
for asking all these questions;
to chime the passing seasons.
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Eternal Hubris
And not only that,
why do we provide answers
for unasked questions?
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That answer is easy.
Our vanity compels us
to scatter our thoughts widely.
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Eternal Quest
Related question:
Why do we ask those questions
to which we don’t want answers?
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We do want answers,
but only the kind that are
music to our ears.
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A Seeker’s Lament
Why do we humans
insist on asking questions
that have no answers?
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All answers exist,
even if we lack the means
to ask the question clearly.
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Multiple Choice
When the rising sun
pierces the hazy morning,
why must we rise to meet it?
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To rise or not to
rise? If that’s the question, I’ll
have to go with rise.
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Labors of Love
Just this once, couldn’t
pesky weeds and fast growing
grass take a vacation too?
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They would not wish to
rob us of our secret joy;
the zen state of garden care.
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Familiarity
And so we return
to the old familiar grind.
Why do we rejoice?
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It’s strange, isn’t it,
how familiiarity
sometimes breeds content.
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Homely Welcome
Can anything beat
being welcomed home by tail
wagging, joyous pets?
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A silent evening,
perhaps? Or maybe just an
old, familiar bed?
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Worth A Try
Weekend’s arrival;
Does it presage promise of
toil or tranquility?
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Wouldn’t it be great,
if toil it is, we could
do so with tranquility?
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Preserving Gain
How best to handle
the inevitable surge
of work when vacation ends?
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Just buckle down and
put your nose to the grindstone?
Or, just take another week!
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A Necessary Clarification
After sedation,
and the kids have gone to bed,
what should parents do?
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My son, to answer
this, I’d have to know who has
been sedated, them or you.
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A Balanced Approch
What is the shortest
path to equanimity
on rainy days at the beach?
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Lithium, of course
is lickity split, but beer,
in a pinch, will turn the trick.
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Surfing For Pleasure
Well, the weather is
over us, so shall we see
whether the pleasure’s at sea?
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The pleasure’s right here
in the boat of our hearts as
we ride weather’s waves.
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Boundless Bindings
After a few days
of family vacation,do
you feel bonded or just bound?
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Bonded by boundless
affection is family,
But also bound by duty.
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Home Alone
So we’re here, away.
Did we escape our troubles,
Or did we pack them along?
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For a short while
we’ve packed them away and left
that suitcase back home.
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Endless Races
Any advice for
old-timers trying not to
run out of patience or time?
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Grace, patience, and time;
Races without finish lines.
You’re winning if you’re running.
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Taking Leave
As time approaches
to take a vacation break,
how best to get away clean?
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Clean getaways are
nice, but sometimes it’s fine
to only air out our minds.
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Fondest Family Foibles… err… Fables
In the end, my son,
what will you remember most
when I am finally toast?
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I’d love to say wit
but, in truth, it’s likely “checks”
that will linger long beyond…
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Beyond Fear
When we stand our ground
and insist upon our rights,
must we fear how we’re perceived?
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Possibly we can
find a way to do so that
doesn’t create fear.
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Certain Knowledge
Is it possible
for a teen to acknowledge
a parent may know some things?
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When I was thirteen
I knew it all; happily,
I’ve grown dumber since.
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Seeking Safety
When is betrayal
really self-preservation
hidden in awful disguise?
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Ah, and there’s the rub.
Faced with such a question, one
seeks the safety of context.
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Rising Tides
When the moon grows full,
is everyone stirred or just
mad men and lovers?
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Subconscious oceans,
just like terrestrial seas,
feel the tidal pull.
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Nothing Greater
Was it just ego,
or was it something greater
Driving the August Caesar?
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Be it August or
be it September, ego
drives all our Caesars.
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Crocodile Tears
Now that July is
finally saying goodbye,
what would be a good send-off?
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Whatever we try,
it will be with a dry eye,
giving July the brush-off.
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Sweet Indecision
Which do you prefer,
After the rainfall’s ending
Or before the coming night?
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It is hard to choose
between afters and befores
when both can be so sweet.
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Relative Viewpoints
Ambiguity
reigns, don’t you think, with phrases
such as “There’s no place like home.”.
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Relativism
Is hardly ambiguous;
It’s the American Way.
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Signs And Signals
How can you tell the
honest explanation from
callous justifications?
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Often brevity
or tone signal the speaker’s
authentic intent.
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Common Profit?
Tell me, my poet
friend, do you think folks mostly
do the best they can?
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Good folk do their best,
but greedy folk make their buck
at the cost of all the rest.
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Dylan and Seeger Point the Way
Pray tell me, will you,
in this era of sound bytes,
where have all the Statesmen gone?
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The answer, my friend,
is blowing in the wind
along with all those flowers.
Mondo Sedoka 