“Nowhere”

© By Grady L. Duncan

8/30/2006

Let’s do a little deep thinking now.

Tell me the truth!...Please, I insist!

I fear that I’ve been duped again.

Does “Nowhere” really exist?

I’ve often asked the question,

“Where is it that you are going?”

The answer I hear is, “Nowhere”.

That leaves my ignorance showing.

My brother came home late one night.

When I asked him where he’d been.

His reply, once again was, “Nowhere”.

But, he had lipstick all over his chin.

When I ask what he does there,

“Oh, nothing”, he always affirms,

which gets on another subject,

that opens a bucket of worms.

“Nowhere” must be an exciting place;

so many people seem to go there.

It must be some sort of secret place.

They won’t tell me, but I don’t care.

My wife must know the answer,

and she must have been there too.

My arrival home late one evening,

got reactions that gave me a clue.

She wanted to know where I’d been.

I answered, “Nowhere”…..Why?

She hit me with an iron skillet,

And I wound up with a black eye.

So I have searched for myself,

in Atlases, books and the internet.

I’ve spent many years in searching,

But I haven’t found it yet.

I’m tired of all of their snickering,

and finger pointing and their insults.

If you should find the answer,

Please! …..I’d love to know the results.