for Bruce Hartman
With every set they bought, we gave them coupons.
Each coupon let them write in with a question
which I would answer, drafting each an essay
I'd mail back. I can tell you all about
the difference between her parturition
and Mary's conception, who invented rock,
and how you really ought to say Uranus.
Omniscience means knowing where to find things.
Of course I found the ones who asked me "Why?"
They felt secure in asking why God made
liver flukes and whether predestination
required them ask me whether they
were bound to ask about predestination.
I didn't mind. I find no end in asking.
I learned to look it all up somewhere else.
That left me lots of time in which to read.
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