Where does why end

Where does the question ‘why’

actually, in terms of brain time, end?

Does why ever end in knowing?

Say like at the end of a road

looking out over

the vast chasm of a question

and knowing says . . .

“and that’s why,”

and certitude,

like a form of concrete, sets in?

Does why possess a hidden checklist

covertly filled out

by the answer to why . . .

why ends?

Is why really just a process

for answering,

a kind of private stroking

as a kinesthetic way

of verbally calming inquiry

masking anxiety?

Is why maybe an induction

into a secret society

like handshakes

or gestures and colors

that reaffirms those who know

as opposed to those who don’t . . .

kind of why?

Is why by some indirect rules

an incantation of sorts

as a way of exercising the brain

towards some sort of synaptic efficiency

without regard

to any specific content need?

Is why a kind of self permission code

that justifies

inner private self-dialogue?

Is why a frame of acceptance

for a possible political philosophy

or the invention of a self-religion

or ever so the invitation of reason

as a subtle process of self identification

without ever truly naming names

or appearing to be self involved?

Is why a never ending way

of being on the run

with new knowledge providing cover

almost as a means of escape

without leaving old-thought evidence

or recent opinions as obvious clues?

Why why . . .

as to undress its entitlement

from purpose?

Who within us calls ‘why’ out . . .

almost involuntarily?

What sacred sanctuary is this

and where are the boundaries of ‘why’?

Is knowledge just a shill

and learning a fencing operation

to fill the time

by asking . . . why?

Where does ‘why’ end its formality?

‘Why’ is . . .

to some degree

who’s asking?

So many answers

may go down the same road.

But how far does any one of them go

when the push to be,

to substantiate,

resides only at the outer limits

of one’s attention span

to end that why?

Is ‘why’ really a first person method

or a superficial defense

for first person behavior?

If ‘why’ were motive

then would the ‘why’ account

be an entrapment,

since the ‘why’

would give a highlight version

based on rational presumptions

and logical order

almost as a learned style

of convincible storytelling?

Isn’t asking ‘why’

like asking for re-enactment

or reproduction on an on-call basis?

Question authority.

Question reality.

Question questioning?