Monday, 22 October 2012
Metaphysics
Metaphysics
WHY and Wherefore set out one day
To hunt for a wild Negation.
They agreed to meet at a cool retreat
On the Point of Interrogation.
But the night was dark and they missed their mark,
And, driven well-nigh to distraction,
They lost their ways in a murky maze
Of utter abstruse abstraction.
Then they took a boat and were soon afloat
On a Sea of Speculation,
But the sea grew rough, and their boat, though tough,
Was split into an Equation.
As they floundered about in the Waves of Doubt
Rose a fearful Hypothesis,
Who gibbered with glee as they sank in the sea,
And the last they saw was this:
On a rock-bound Reef of Unbelief
There sat the wild Negation;
Then they sank once more and were washed ashore
At the Point of Interrogation.
Oliver Herford
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Well I was going to comment with a mirrored rhyme on metafiction... but the metre's a little more complex than first appears and so I quickly abandoned that idea. It would have also meant trying to figure out what the hell metafiction even is and I'm not quite ready to fall asleep just yet... X
ReplyDeletethere we stay
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