Paen for Doug Adams

Paen of Doug Adams by J.B. Pravda

He of surly puppetry

Ageless now midst burning sky

Communing still with mirth-filled threats

Divining ,thus, the secret why;

Carry, now, with photon's speed

Our query new, to '42':

Why, on Earth (or anywhere else, for that matter), do we permit Stephen
Hawking to frame the debate?