Seeking confirmation of a “known truth”
Does not always prepare you for a better question.
We visited twenty-first century Tokyo last night.
Guests of the State Department,
Three men and a woman all young enough
To recognize the value of an atheist education,
Old enough to have lived with the detritus of war
And the thousand years of history
That Japan has experienced in the last sixty.
No apologies for wars started or bombs dropped,
No defensive postures.
Yesterday did not happen on our watch, ...
But today?
We did not discover the meaning of life.
But occasionally a good question surfaced,
Tossed into cultural seas
That allowed for respect, if not resolution.
One guest posited
“Having worshipped a living God,
Found him insufficient for the time,
Suffered the devastation that losing a war brings...
Lessons learned,
We resorted to rationality...
And a drive for economic parity.”
At evenings end had we seen each other?
Maybe.
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