It is hard to tell a thing
from the idea of a thing.

Allow me to demonstrate.

Plato failed to take impossibility into account.

You cannot, of course,
build a whole life on impossible things.

Which doesn't stop anyone from trying.

Allow me to demonstrate.

Much of what is silly is not ridiculous.

Allow me to demonstrate.

I like the ones who live as though after we die
we are hauled up in front of the cameras
for a version of This Is Your Life called
This Was Your Life, You Jerk.