I’m still as simple [shallow? ] <br />Still as ‘deep’ <br />And certainly still as short <br />[If not shorter, courtesy of the inevitable age-induced <br />Compression of inter-vertebral cartilage]; <br />But I genuinely didn’t know <br />I could be considered embarrassing. <br />Questioning the questionable: yes. <br />Railing occasionally against the faintly ridiculous: that too. <br />Just having the temerity to take the time and trouble to ask <br />‘Why? ’ or indeed, ‘Why not? ’ <br />Well, why not ask ‘Why not? ’? <br />What’s wrong with that when it’s not right? <br /> <br />Maybe it’s the consequence of crossing the continent <br />But I think <br />[Lest it be too presumptuous of me], <br />Not. <br />It’s just me being me, <br />Having more of an analytical mind than I thought <br />And perhaps less of suppression button than I ought.<br /><br />Tony Jolley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/why-not-ask-why-not/
