What is the use of that?

What is the use of that?
She did not ask this
of the jazz guitarist's wife
or of another's art collection

In what manner
are art and music useful
in ways that do not apply
to computer game development?

Does she question the usefulness
of the rugby player
the classical ballet dancer
or the wedding photographer?

What is the use of that?
she could ask of the gardener
tending his roses or cauliflower,
or the knitter of socks.

What is the use of anything
beyond basic necessities
water, food, shelter
reproduction of the species?

What is the use of those
except to prolong lives,
regardless of being deemed
useful or otherwise?

Why not fertilize
the soil of the world
with our decaying bodies
sooner rather than later?

What is the use of the world?
A speck of rock
in a meaningless universe-
what is the use of that?

Usefulness, meaning, purpose:
simply human constructs
that give a framework
to live within.

It's time to stop
the pointless search
for such artificial
reasons to live.

What is the use of that?
If it brings joy,
what could be more useful
than that?