A. Yes, that is me.
Q. Who are you?
A. I don’t know.
Q. Are you a person, place, or thing?
A. …
Q. If you are a person does that mean you contribute positively
to a society?
A. …
Q. If you are a thing are you useful or serve a unique purpose
that helps others in a meaningful way?
A. …
Q. or are you a place that offers shelter or comfort to
those around you?
A. …
Q. Then what is (Your name)?
A. guess I am a nothing…
Q. Nothing?
A. Yes a nothing that wishes to become something.
Q. What is that something?
A. That is something that remains to be seen, that is the
question that we all try to answer.
Q. …(Your name)?
A. Yes, hi; that is me and I look forward to finding out
what is me.
-Poem by Silver Ray Evens
Interesting exchange and very introspective :-)
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