Some Things
Just Don’t Make Sense
© 2018 by P Michael Biggs
Some things just don’t make sense.
Have you ever felt that way?
Join me for some
musings on this large subject.
The seed in an avocado –
that makes no sense.
It’s large, and it cuts down
on the deliciousness inside.
Why aren’t Almond Joy candy bars
on the free food list?
Good stuff inside –
coconut, almonds,
a bit of sugar,
and a yummy chocolate coating.
That makes no sense.
I don’t understand algorithms.
I’m not a math whiz, and this is beyond me.
Why does Facebook
change its algorithms often?
Who or from what are they
keeping my posts?
When we live in a ‘free society’,
why do others, even friends,
condemn me for my choices
at the voting booth?
I let them vote for their candidate.
I want the same freedom
without comment and condemnation,
and especially without threat
of being
de-friended.
That just makes no sense.
Why do people text and drive?
I was an accident victim of this once.
Thankfully I survived.
So many others don’t.
Why are there ‘holy wars’?
Isn’t God big enough for all of us?
Is He so territorial, or is it ‘they’?
I don’t understand.
Why is contentment so hard to grasp?
Is it the old “grass is greener” idea,
or is it just green-eyed greed?
Why did God make
cauliflower and broccoli?
And why are they good for you?
I was made to eat those
as a kid sometimes.
I much prefer pecan pie.
Doesn’t make sense.
Why am I smarter now, at the end of life?
I could have used some of this wisdom
when I was twenty-five,
or fifty-six.
That doesn’t make sense.
Why do I love reading Tom Sawyer
and hate reading Plato?
I suppose they both can
teach a person a lot.
Why is there not
an egg in eggplant?
That just doesn’t make sense.
Why do noses run
and feet smell?
Well, time is up.
What have I gained from this?
Perhaps, a continuation someday of
things that just don’t make sense.
