There was a young man

There was a young man in Benares
Who was heard to inquire of the fairies,
          "What's the mystery of Death?"
          And they spoke in one breath,
"It's always the same, though it varies.


You're born and you live and you cry,
You love and you laugh and you die."
          He found it perplexing
          And exceedingly vexing
That they never revealed to him why.


9-18-2010