It's normal If it's weird But it's Camus' world If it's weird Again and again If it rolls up hill Every day Or rises downward Once an hour Absurdity's Dante When Voltaire dreamed up Candide's optimistic mentor Every fifth cup of coffee A Panglossy sheen A golden nightmare What does in the world mean When it keeps coming and coming And you don't know which preposition Your relationship with the world Is defined by Above isn't right-side up Below isn't wrong under Inside a little Among to be sure Across when it's on Bearing with the polar Raccoon's cocoon butterfly Crow's shoes flying A straight bee line Naturally repetitive