When the answers that hooked the questions br All aligned in a strange way br With the numbers, even and odd and in between br Somehow then arises doubtful and firm thoughts br Thoughts to segregate and temper those reasons br Like pepper and salt, tested and tried, solutions br Rises answers like smoke from the hooka br The troubled mind interrogated br The answers are always unquestioning br And the reasons are always amusingbr br Reshma Rameshbr br