| Lis: | This poem reminds me of a work Charles Ives composed in 1906. His Unanswered Question resonates with this poem. |
| Linda: | It does have a transcendentalist flavor, but isn't it a post-modernist credo? |
| Ron: | (impatient at the pretense) Let's drop the labels! They might help you look smart, but certainly not wise. |