On pretending to understand

Kurt Vonnegut

Tiger got to hunt,

Bird got to fly;
Man got to sit and wonder, “Why, why, why?”

Tiger got to sleep,
Bird got to land;
Man got to tell himself he understand.

Fonte: Lifton, R. J. 1989. O futuro da imortalidade. SP, Trajetória Cultural. Poema publicado em livro em 1963.