"Why does a guitar have strings?"

Questions only children ask.
Somehow, these facts we take
For granted, all this given knowledge,
Makes for the most difficult
Illuminations.

When what we all really want
To say is, "Yeah,
Why did God create mosquitoes?"
Instead of some cock
And bull story
About bats and the food chain.

The closest we’ll ever get
To inquisitive, again,
Is, "No one really knows
For sure."