/lit/ - Literature

Why would a ghost need a watch?
He asked himself and from that point, he din't know. For some time, every time he met someone that he liked; a human, that he liked. He'd ask them Why would a ghost need a watch? Some people would respond "What? What a weird question that is. I don't know" Others would just get confused and laugh "Hahaha!" I don't understand. I don't know" Others, just a few, a handful, would stop and say "Interesting question... Why would a ghost need a watch? I don't know" So on and so on, He kept questioning, repeating and repeating. "Why would a ghost need a watch?" "Why would a ghost... need... a watch?" It seemed like every time he'd asked himself, the unyielding question got harder and harder to grasp, ambiguous by nature and obscured as cryptic was. There's always something in our grasp that we can't reach. He thought. Mysterious That question hunted him, in a subtle way. Buried in the question with no answer Asking... Why?