Once, someone posed a question

And it made me want to cry

"If you had to choose," she said

"Which one - cake or pie?"

 

I didn't want to answer

I mean, why would she even pry?

It's the deepest question out there

Philosopher's testify

 

It really made my head hurt

I took a pill, I won't deny

That question bounced on through my brain

"Which one - cake or pie?"

 

Should I go back to college?

Though that thought just makes me sigh

I could become an expert on it

Get into the minutiae

 

I could travel the world over

Find the answer by-and-by

It could be in the Dead Sea Scrolls

Or in a cave in old Mumbai

 

How deep is that secret buried?

Should I give up, or should I try?

Is the truth just out there waiting

Would it leave us high and dry?

 

Should I hire a detective?

A spook or private eye?

Are there agents working on it?

CIA or FBI?

 

Or was she trying to trick me

Trying to trap me in a lie?

Decades on, I still don't know

Which one - cake or pie