If there are answers
they are supposed to be here
residing in text books, 
field trips, 
faculty.
There are billions of answers
in millions of books
at the library.
There are answers hidden 
around corners 
and in the free papers.
Answers are shouted
in classes 
in fliers
on street corners
in clubs.
The first thing learned
is that not all answers
are true.
If there are answers,
I can only assume they would be here,
at an institution devoted
to higher learning. 
One can only hope they are here.
If there are answers.
Perhaps we are all simply
dancing toward some great 
capital T Truth
forever beyond the reach
of human minds.
Searching only for answers
and the small t truths 
of our small lives.
Searching for answers.
If there are answers, 
I hope to find them here.

But who, 
I wonder,
ever promised me
answers?