which came first?

the chicken 
(a good egg, really) 
crossed the road
(we wonder why)
, 
perhaps to try 
and find out if 
the sky 
(why blue?) 
was really falling. 

we’re calling it 
a draw,
this Q&A, 
this interrogative 
way we have of 
(who what when where why) 
dubiety and pondered piety. 

and yet 
we ask 
for heaven’s sake,
how many licks does it take?  

::

PAD, day 24.

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