Earl Schumacker Poet List

List of False Logic Tautologies

Tautologies always repeat themselves in non sequential order
All philosophies revolve around the suns of tautologies
There are endless suns orbiting Earth all named Henry
Shoes wear feat and feat wear shoes to bed
Vending machines dispense Pez and Pez does likewise
All time machines are created equal
Total eclipses happen seven days a week in Egypt
Egypt is a word without letters or envelopes
Everything is closed in an open universe
Thursdays are open to suggestions of being months
That time of month is not this one but another
All things being equal are equal to one when added to two
All people are one foot tall and only come in one color
Yellow is God's favorite color but not on Sunday
Three thousand pounds of feathers is never enough
Governments are worth their weight in gold
If you sell your children you will go to heaven twice
Everything on this list is true and leads to enlightenment
Why else would someone write it
Why else would anyone read it through  


*In logic, a tautology is a formula that is true in every possible interpretation. Philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein first applied the term to redundancies of propositional logic in 1921.

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Caren Krutsinger July 15, 2019 at 2:37 PM As I was reading this my subconscious thought "this is like a list poem". We looked at the type and realized it is! Nicely done. It seems more than merely a list poem though. It seems like free verse also. Nice combination poem! Earl Schumacker July 15, 2019 at 3:03 PM Hi Caren, Thank you so much. Glad you enjoyed it. Generally speaking, I normally combine didactic and List poems when I write in this style. This one I categorized as list. I wanted to post it as a Nonsense List item but they don't have Nonsense as an option. Have a great day. Earl