(No. 43)Gripped
What is free will? ask those gifted of philosophic mind.
What say geologists as they plumb the depths of the Earth?
What say astronomers as they probe ever farther into space?
What say neurologists as they peer through scopes and scanners?
We are having fun! say they. Why not you?
Gripped, we say, with philosophic conundrum.
Gripped, grappled, grunted, and grounded—
Drummed, drilled, dragged, and drenched—
The fourth of July is likely late this year,
Although I know not just the days of crackle and spark.
Exhilaration can be followed by darkest gloom.
The lay of the Happy Day I knew three summers ago.
Still no answer to my quested quotient—
T-minus five months asking simple, not opulent.
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