Cake Or Pie
Once, someone posed a question
And it made me want to cry
"If you had to choose," she said
"Which one - cake or pie?"
I didn't want to answer
I mean, why would she even pry?
It's the deepest question out there
Philosopher's testify
It really made my head hurt
I took a pill, I won't deny
That question bounced on through my brain
"Which one - cake or pie?"
Should I go back to college?
Though that thought just makes me sigh
I could become an expert on it
Get into the minutiae
I could travel the world over
Find the answer by-and-by
It could be in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Or in a cave in old Mumbai
How deep is that secret buried?
Should I give up, or should I try?
Is the truth just out there waiting?
Would it leave us high and dry?
Should I hire a detective?
A spook or private eye?
Are there agents working on it?
CIA or FBI?
Or was she trying to trick me
Trying to trap me in a lie?
Decades on, I still don't know
Which one - cake or pie
Copyright © David Lindsay | Year Posted 2019
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