Most galaxies don’t have rings.
The Cat’s Eye Galaxy has two –
A bright inner ring forging stars
and an outer one cold and diffuse.
And nobody knows why,
nobody knows why,
the Sun is cool
and the Moon is high,
but nobody knows why.
The Nike of Samothrace has
impossible wings and a modern
brace to keep her hands raised.
She may have balanced on her island.
But nobody knows why,
nobody knows why,
cities may fall
and marble may fly,
but nobody knows why.
Caterpillars can be trained to fear
ammonia before they harden and
turn to soup. Despite becoming goo,
the butterfly will remember.
And nobody knows why,
nobody knows why,
a mushroom will run
and a rabbit can cry,
but nobody knows why.
I’m frightened of change.
Choice paralyzes. At the start.
But all of us get used to it, whatever
it is, and keep going, or start again.
And nobody knows why,
nobody knows why,
I painted a rock
and I baked you a pie,
but nobody knows why.