So many rules,
Such utter folly
Rules, rules, rules
How can one stay jolly
Rules at home
Rules in school
Rules in the workplace
All too cruel
Reductio ad absurdum*
My guiding light
Just abolished all the rules ~
That feels about right!
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*In case it matters, 'Reductio ad absurdum'
demonstrates that a proposition is true by
showing that denying it leads to an absurd
outcome or conclusion.
~ Daffynition ~
A poke-a-hol-ic's
rude redux ~
falls flat on his face
Some ancient wisdom
Doth behold; a parabolic
To unfold. Mathematics to
Delight ; resemble crescent
Moon at night! The alchemy
In this I see; a medieval
Fantasy . Behold the dragons
Tooth and claw; from it,
Power I will draw. Mystic
Names are writ in clay; and
Swept away before the
Day. Squalid squawks that
Screech the sky; bring chills
Into the heart that lies.
Fingers bony, nails that
Split; do stir the cauldron
With some spit. “Hail my
Demon, come to me”; if
You indulge my fancy free!
Thus I challenge, this bleak
World; what’s real I order
Inward curl. Tumble down
And thus reform; a universe
“Reductio ad Absurdum “
Is reborn!
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