meaning-of-life.rb

Escapril prompt: any dreams?

taylor@linuxbox:~$ ruby meaning-of-life.rb  
Every 24 hours we drop  
(Though some are shaky on the steps).  
We slow dance to the circadian symphony:  
Walk,  
Drop,  
Dream,  
Stop,  
Repeat.  
A dancing plague —  
Stop dancing and you die.  
Even the ants sleep each day for 16 minutes,  
Why?  
What do they dream?  
If there is a god, does he sleep too?  
Are we his dream?  
If you lived forever in a dream,  
Would you know it?  
Would you learn to hear the hoofbeats  
Of a nightmare dashing across your mind?  
If you finally awoke from a world of  
Teeth falling out,  
Tripping and falling,  
Being chased,  
And being naked at school,  
Would you relax and stop asking,  
"Why? Why? Why?"  
taylor@linuxbox:~$ █