NaPoWriMo PROM[T:  Today’s prompt (optional, as always) is a little something I’m calling “Twenty Questions.” The idea is to write a poem in which every sentence, except for the last one, is in the form of a question. That’s it! It can be as long or short as you like. The questions can be deep and philosophical (‘what is the meaning of life?’) or routine and practical (‘are you going to eat that?’). Or both!

 

Answers or Hiddenite?

You’re not going to wear that, are you?

Why would you go in the Army?

Excuse me, did you know you have lipstick on your teeth?

You think you know me?

How do you cook forbidden rice?

You forgot to use a condom?

Where do you live?

Can you read the little lines in my eyes?

Wherefore art thou?

When the vegan breathes, what do you smell?

What is between the inhale and exhale?

How do you know when you’re dead?

Why do you want to be buried?

Is the planet dying?

Did you visit the sun in your dream?

Who’s standing on the corner with the big dog?

Do planets reincarnate?

What were you in your last life?

How do you make palak?

Where can you buy fenugreek?

It is 3,863 kilometers or 2,401 miles

from Bellingham to New York City.

C.J. Prince

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