I Have Only One Question

I am referring to the question in a poem that Evans Harrington introduced me to forty years ago in a course at Ole Miss.

"I Move the Meeting Be Adjourned" is Allen Ginsberg's translation of a Nicanor Parra poem which confronts, with humor and poise, perhaps the most profound question of all.

I MOVE THE MEETING BE ADJOURNED

Ladies and gentlemen

I have only one question:  
Are we children of the Sun or of the Earth?  
Because if we are only Earth  
I see no reason  
To continue shooting this picture!  
I move the meeting be adjourned.