It Was Never Then
Once there was back when
In the history of “then”
‘Fore the “be” began
In these days of yore
The people lived before, for
There was nothing more
‘Twas a different time
When the latest lagged behind
“Is” had not arrived
None of then’s events
Happened in the present tense
That had not come yet
Language done ‘em in
As their “be,” already been
Never to begin
Now was not "to be"
Then, verbs ended in “-ed”
All done, already
Trapped in simple past
People didn’t sit; they sat
Didn’t sh_t; they shat
But then’s now’s not when
Life was yesterday to them
It was today back then
We do what we does
Not in history because
Past ain’t what it was
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