The No
As if 'twere written in granite,
Stands the No. The No, No, No.
Despite controversy it may incite-
Imperious No. The No, No, No.
Often said and heard,
And dreams turn to ashes.
No one's favorite word-
The cruel tongue lashes!
Get to know the No,
Sometimes an iron-clad friend,
Impenetrable as nights in Moscow;
The beginning of the end.
The No's a desert bloom,
And storm cloud on blue skies-
Smiling doom in the midnight hour of gloom,
Intended to paralyze!
Awe inspiring No! The No, No, No,
Is reason and has power,
But, often is unwelcome, though-
Rational, lonely, determined, shadow flower!
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