Questions: A Collection, Volume I

Do the trees 

give voice to the wind,

or does the wind 

give voice to the trees?

If rain falls back to the ocean,

are clouds held accountable 

for dereliction of duty

or do they carry immunity 

under the Law of Universal timing?

If you don't return the doctor's call

when he requests an audience,

are you tempting fate 

to stop and take notice

or just refusing to give it 

your seat on the bus?

Should I be concerned 

that drive-thru trash 

dumped on our streets 

by 3:00am drunks 

bothers me more 

than anything said or done

in Moscow or Washington, D.C.?

Since traffic 

has always been getting worse,

at some point will it stop completely 

so that we have to abandon our cars 

and walk home?

Am I the only one 

that thinks having 

the right book mark

for the right book

is important?

Do you feel the wonder 

of Universal kismet 

when a song ends 

just as you pull into 

your parking space?

Have you noticed 

that people saying

"Long story short"

can pop your 

private day dream

like a balloon?

Ken Owen   Van Niddy Press   May 2017