I tell you,
It is fallacious
How the is becomes the is,
Yet is not
Why let the is be is?
Why not like the is,
But let the other is be different?
Is isn't is not,
Its is,
and you can't say that
Is is isn't;
isn't only is isn't
and that is all.
For if this is became that is
Then all is would be the same,
Thus make are and is and like and aren't,
All as isn't as they 'is'
(or is it are?)
Yet with the knowledge
That is is,
We can safely assume
That we will not confuse
Beyond knowing
is is
and isn't isn't.
But saying is isn't,
isn't any help at all,
Is it?
So stick with the is that is,
and not with the is that isn't.
Got all that?
Author notes
Can you tell I am a philosopher?
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Very cleverly written. It took me a couple of reads to catch on to what you were getting at. I'm still not sure if this is a poem that is for metaphor's use or against it on some philosophical level. At any rate, this is quite original and I enjoyed reading it.
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