This Cannot Be

			
No, no, that cannot be
Consider, if you will,
The alternatives, there
Are at least three:
The first would say it cannot hold for appeal to powers old;
The second, too, would say it’s rot, but for reasons of the form;
The third is the more obtuse,
But if the mind is afforded a leap, a stretch, a, ah, yes, if you will,
The line is quite magnificent though it is sure to puzzle the will
Consider the third a sound rebuff of the line so urged today
It cannot hold, it simply can’t,
That’s what the fool would say
But wisdom comes from the mouths of fools
To see as much see the First
Your argument, it falls to shreds, when considered under the third:
It fails, it fails, it fails again. Do you not see why?
It fails outright, a self-evident truth. That, that is the reason why.
Good-day; good-day; visit me again when truth is on your side.