QUESTIONS

A leading question
Stood in the front
All smug and knowing
And rather blunt

A few little answers
Ventured to say
But the leading question
Shook its head, “Nay!

“There’s only one answer.
All others rejected.”
So all of the answers
Turned away dejected.

“Come on! Give a try!”
The question kept prying.
But they all left
Without even trying.

A probing question
Stood out in the hall
Saying, “I am unanswerable”
So the answers stood tall

For to be the one answer
To such a question
Would certainly give off
Quite an impression

But as each answer
Piped in for a say.
More questions arrived
And wanted to play

Soon the hall filled
Spilling back to the room
Where the leading question
Stood alone in its gloom

Responding to questions
With more than one answer
Promotes discovery
And much better banter

 

By cindy
2/2/18