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