Nobody knows

Everyone wears the same clothes,

Except for a trendy scarf.

Nobody knows

There are lines of coke beneath the keyboards

And trash cans full of barf.

Nobody knows

This is a dying industry, dying like an old Hollywood starlet,

Dying for decades.

Nobody knows

The art of histrionics

Like media executive tirades.

Nobody knows

What 

To want.

Nobody knows

How

To flaunt.

Nobody knows

How

To love.

Nobody knows

Who Leonard Cohen 

Really was.

Nobody knows

How 

Fate works.

Nobody knows

If pain

Hurts.

Nobody knows

What the message 

Means.

Nobody knows

The power

Of screens.

Nobody knows

When fast is better

Then right.

Nobody knows

The end is better

At night.

Nobody knows

Justice

Is theater.

Nobody knows

An honest

Realtor.

Nobody knows

A good story is more true

Than a true story.

Nobody knows

The end of war

Is the end of glory.

Nobody knows 

The villain behind the veil

Of kindness.

Nobody knows

Focus on the future

Is a form of blindness.

Nobody knows

Language is the child

Of fire.

Nobody knows

Truth begins

In the mind of a liar.

Nobody knows

Love begins

Now.

Nobody knows 

Beauty

Is a vow.

Nobody knows 

Dignity

Is expensive.

Nobody knows 

Truth

Is offensive.

Nobody knows 

Love is never

Simple.

Nobody knows

Holiness

Is outside the Temple.

Nobody knows

The heart

Of the human condition.

Nobody knows 

Sometimes showing up

Is contrition.

Nobody knows 

Status makes equality

Impossible.

Nobody knows 

The gap between appearance and reality

Is uncrossable.

Nobody knows 

Why God

Helps an athlete.

Nobody knows

The secret of success

Is self-deceit.

Nobody knows

Comedy 

Is about love.

Nobody knows 

When to look down

And when to look above.

Nobody knows 

The moral dimension of music

Is good.

Nobody knows 

There was only one road

In the yellow wood.

Nobody knows 

What the hell

They are talking about.

Nobody knows 

Who is insincere

And who is devout.

Nobody knows 

The end of every career

Is silence.

Nobody knows 

The deep human longing

For violence.

Nobody knows 

How long love

Will last.

Nobody knows 

That childhood 

Is vast.

Nobody knows 

Evolution is a string

Of mistakes.

Nobody knows 

We are who we are

Through our heartbreaks.

Nobody knows 

Secrets

Are passports.

Nobody knows 

Language

Are imports.

Nobody knows 

If self-knowledge

Makes any difference.

Nobody knows 

The only true knowledge

Is ignorance.

Nobody knows 

The future is backward

And upside down.

Nobody knows 

The worst float 

While the best drown.

Nobody knows 

If the surgeon’s hands

Are steady.

Nobody knows 

If they will ever

Be ready.

Nobody knows 

What day of the week 

They were born.

Nobody knows 

How long is the journey

To mourn.

Nobody knows 

That sickness 

Is a separate country.

Nobody knows 

Enlightenment comes

When you are hungry.

Nobody knows 

Nothing used

Has ever been obsolete.

Nobody knows 

Living in your hometown

Is bittersweet.

Nobody knows 

The days 

Are gods.

Nobody knows 

How long

The odds.

Nobody knows 

That talk with your father

Will be your last.

Nobody knows 

The beauty of regret

Is in the past.

Nobody knows 

Vermillion is a city

In South Dakota.

Nobody knows 

How much is

An iota.

Nobody knows 

Indigo is not

A color.

Nobody knows 

Politics

Keeps getting duller.

Nobody knows 

We live in a world

Of status.

Nobody knows 

Kindness

Is gratis.

Nobody knows 

Why they want

To be rich.

Nobody knows 

The end of all sentiment

Is kitsch.

Nobody knows 

Quiet

Is the ultimate antidote.

Nobody knows 

Sex began

With the eukaryote.

Nobody knows 

A friend

Is like a sparrow.

Nobody knows 

Why order 

Is an arrow.

Nobody knows 

Peace 

Is a miracle.

Nobody knows 

History

Is lyrical.

Nobody knows 

Australia is larger

Than the moon.

Nobody knows 

The theme from the melody

From the tune.

Nobody knows

Which came first

The universe, consciousness, or mathematics.

Nobody knows 

Marriage resembles

Aerobatics.

Nobody knows 

If we get to say

Goodbye.

Nobody knows 

The real reason 

We cry.

Nobody knows 

The true soul 

Of a nation.

Nobody knows 

When their train

Will leave the station.

Nobody knows 

The future 

Is not one but many.

Nobody knows 

What is enough

In the land of plenty.

Nobody knows 

Why prayer

Works.

Nobody knows 

Where honesty

Lurks.

Nobody knows 

When life

Will shatter.

Nobody knows 

Loneliness

Doesn’t matter.

Nobody knows 

A country exists

Only in the mind.

Nobody knows 

The purpose of life

Is to be kind.

Nobody knows 

The real value

Of money.

Nobody knows 

What is really

Funny.

Nobody knows 

Deep conversations

Are a waste of time.

Nobody knows 

When they are in

Their prime.

Nobody knows 

Friendship fades

Fast and slow.

Nobody knows 

The secret of happiness 

Is flow.

Nobody knows 

Every library

Is a universe.

Nobody knows 

The pleasure of a well-written

Non-sense verse.

Nobody knows 

Every universe 

Is a library.

Nobody knows 

That all committed love

Is primary.

Nobody knows 

Who 

Will win.

Nobody knows 

Why

They sin.

Nobody knows 

There is only

One day.

Nobody knows 

If they are

Straight or gay.

Nobody knows 

It is better to be

Lucky than smart.

Nobody knows 

The only true salvation

Comes through art.

Nobody knows 

Beauty is a kind

Of Justice.

Nobody knows 

What to trust

When they hear Trust Us.

Nobody knows 

There is only

One moment.

Nobody knows 

What the revolution

Will foment.

Nobody knows 

Wisdom

Is a tuned string.

Nobody knows 

What the day 

Will bring.

Nobody knows 

The truth of any

Marriage.

Nobody knows 

If Death was in

The carriage.

Nobody knows 

If they will die 

Alone.

Nobody knows 

What it takes

To atone.

Nobody knows 

What they

Want.

Nobody knows 

Food is

Detente.

Nobody knows 

Who is

A friend.

Nobody knows 

When this 

Will end.