Just Asking

Alan Harris

I ask how eyes know when to wake

and lovers, when to love,

how engines feel when pulling trains,

why planets need to spin.

Does every point in cosmic space

touch every other point?

Can money buy creative thought?

Is dark the price of light?

Does every pain result in gain?

Does living have a goal?

And what's left out when parts fall short

of summing up the whole?

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