Inexplicable:

Transcending the Prison Bars of Logic


Inexplicable - an artwork by T Newfields

I Can't Tell You Why Love Is Essential
but can tell why beer is consumed.

I Can't Say Why So Many Are Starving
but can say eco-disasters loom.

I Can't Suggest Why Grecian Urns Are Precious
but do know beauty transcends all tombs.

And when all words are distilled
I suggest this –
life's a celebration of sheer terror
& breathing is an important act.

Ultimately we should get off our butts
& heed pure spirits:

Didn't Jack Daniel & Jim Beam
understood that?
Nadia: (shaking her head) I detest this poem! It glibly denies what is obvious: the reasons millions are starving are all too clear.
Wan-Sze: (nodding) Moreover, it valorizes Jack Daniels and Jim Beam. Those companies are part of the problem – not the solution – to the world's suffering.
Kasim: (shrugging his shoulders) A poem is just a poem. Why take any human words seriously?