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Wonderful, Why?
Why?
Very vague, yet alluring:
What is the nature of thy query?
What causes the maturing
of the question left unburied?

Why?
Why, Why what, might I ask?
Is this a question of existence,
or only a tiresome task?
Is there some form of resistance,
or just an empty cask?

Why?
First, though, I must wonder:
Who out there will care?
Is this just a blunder?
Do I really dare?

Why?
Why raise the subject?
Why put forth the test?
Shouldn’t I reject
the future unrest?

Why?
So vague, but I’ll reply:
Why is reserved for the mind,
for only man can try
to understand and unwind.

Why?
Only man can ask,
and only man can answer.
Why give me such a task?
I’ll give you back a cancer.

Why?
Man alone can reason,
and man alone can wonder.
Why then becomes the treason
that sets our minds asunder.

Why?
Why separates man from beast,
for man can see beyond,
when others see only the least
portion of earth’s bond.

Why?
Why is a fantastic query,
and it belongs only to man.
No lesser mind of beast or fairy
can understand the way we can.