Thanks, Wendy. I was leaning toward submitting "Angel Song," but "Grandma" is in contention. Probably not this one, though, but I can't stop:
THE ANSWER
I went down to the valley
and I viewed the mountainside
as I floated in the river
with my two eyes open wide.
All at once, it thundered
on the dust the sun had dried.
I wondered, truly wondered,
if I'd find a place to hide,
and then I had my answer
as a bolt of lightning fried
the raft on which I floated
for, alas, I drowned and died.
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