February 2022 Flash Lit 3 - Your Guess Is As Good As Mine

Your Guess Is As Good As Mine

 

None of us knows,

not the one whose hair

wants cutting,

nor the one who quarreled

with time—

but don’t we al, really,

quarrel with time sooner

or later?—

nor the one dreaming

teapot dreams within a dream.

We don’t even really know

the question.

It could be ravens

or crocodiles

or bats,

desks, tea-trays, marmalade,

pig-babies,

death,

cats with or without smiles.

We’re all mad here.

And maybe all we can do

is wonder.