Why??

by Tia Alsleben

Why is the sky pink on Mars?
Why on earth do people shop at bizarres?
Why is grass green?
Why do some people not like to be seen?
Why do people say one thing and do another?
Why can't we all just love each other?

Why do formal dinners have so many forks?
Why do I often get classified as one of the dorks?
Why are the lines to the girls' bathrooms always so long?
Why, oh why, does the radio often not play any good songs?
Why do athletes get paid to run around?
Why does this phone make that horrible sound?

Why do people have cell phones if they always leave them at home?
Why do we call a rounded roof a dome?
Why are Asians so good at math?
Why did the author name that book The Grapes of Wrath?
Why do black people get so much crap?
Why on earth did anyone invent rap?

Why is the sky blue?
Why do stupid people do what stupid people do?
Why isn't the world like a cube not a sphere?
Why can't my cell phone get service right here?
Why is W an upside down M?
Why is there brail on the drive-thru ATM?

Why is a parkway something you drive on?
Why does there have to be a difference between a potsticker and a wonton?
Why do bats sleep upside-down?
Why is it called a dress, not a gown?
Why do minutes in a waiting room take so dang long?
Why do some people still call flip-flops thongs?

Why can't I buy white out at the store?
Why do little kids always shout "MORE! MORE!"?
Why do I have to be that tall to ride the roller coaster?
Why do a lot of Sci-Fi movies make communicators out of toasters?
Why do people assume that tiny Asians are ninjas?
Why is that on your birthday everyone wants to pinch ya?

Why do socks get lost in the dryer?
Why is it that people believe the lies, but when they hear truth they yell, "Liar!"?
Why does this poem keep going on stanza after stanza?
Why did they call that old show Bonanza?
Why does love have to hurt so much?
Why do they call people from the Netherlands the Dutch?

So, why on earth did I write this poem?
Why is it that, when you do something for someone, you suddenly owe them?
Why is there sickness, poverty, and death?
Why do people do a drug called meth?
Why do people lie, murder, and steal?
Why is it that we can help all these countries around the world, but there are American children jf;asjdfgoing without meals?

I guess there's but a few things left for me to convey...

Why is it that people don't think through what they say?

There is one final question I have for you today.
Why don't you get out there and share some love with the people you see everyday?