When Will The Why Stop It Wondered
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
When will the why of anything,
Stop it wondered?
As if the cause and reason,
Goes from it to witness and observed...
To leave immediately from memory.
As if to disconnect conveniently purposely.
Then to wonder and be asked 'Why'?
Something obvious to see,
With opened wide eyes to believe.
Left disbelieved to wonder about,
How whatever it is be questioned.
Over and over again.
From the start of it until out of control.
With no one claiming to know a thing!
Yet there in the midst,
Witnessing it all happen!
To then debate what has escalated,
In the hope it ends.
Without attempts to stop asking,
Why?
Or solutions to find answers to questions,
From a distance.
Done to leave behind common sense.
As if the doing of it is useless.
And these days,
That has proven to be more true than not!
'When will the why to ask,
Stop from being wondered?'
'Who you asking?
I don't live in this neighborhood.
But when I did,
I use to ask that question all the time.
Until I realized no one knew,
Why I would ask about something...
For them made no sense at all.'
'So...
What did you do?'
'Pretend I knew nothing about anything.
Like most cats,
Who only want to be fed and left alone.
That's it.'
'Cats?'
'Yes.
Cats only stay loyal to whoever feeds them.
Then they leave to reappear,
To be fed by the ones they have trained!'
'That makes no sense.'
'I have yet met a cat sitting at an empty bowl.
Have you?
They may meow once or twice.
But leave to go somewhere else,
Nobody knows.
They are smart.
They purr after they eat.
Sleep all day and at night they prey.
We humans want to ask why.
Never left satisfied about anything.'
'I never thought about that?'
'When was the last time you saw a cat,
Strapped to a leash?
But we, humans?
Seem to want and choose to be annoying!
Whether to bark in the middle of the night.
Or walk around until attention to them,
Is given.
While on a leash physically or mentally.
As they are watched doing their business.
Done to expect a treat for doing it publicly!
Then wait to be asked why there.
And not somewhere else.'
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Written on October 12, 2023
Submitted by lpahtillah on October 12, 2023
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