No Truth

 

Some believe the only truth

Is that there is no truth

And that for them, they also say,

Is the only absolute.

 

Of this, they are sure

That there is no absolute truth

Except of course, this absolute truth

And, therein is their proof.

 

So for every rule, they also say

There is at least one exception.

Is this true? I would ask,

Or just a generalization?

 

Is a generalization a truth

Or just a mere existing fact?

If a generalization is a truth,

How can we have that?

 

Is truth and fact one and alike?

This is the timely question,

Would the answer be absolute

Or only an impression?

 

Nothing but the truth, he swore,

 But it he couldn’t tell,

Anything he said, would be lies

He knew that quite well.

 

There can be no justice

If there is no truth,

No kind of evidence

Could be offered as proof.

 

Hence the “F” is missing

From the Law

And what we now have

Is the “Flaw”.

 

 

Hence the missteps!

Since there is no absolute truth

It’s the “Flaw” that guides

And no such thing as proof.

 

Trapped is the spider

In its own web

And the fly, this time,

Will be sumptuously fed.

 

How things turn around

When there is no truth!

You don’t have to look far

To find the proof.

 

Stewart Russell © October 2019

 

All Is None

 

 

All implies none

And none implies all,

Whichever one is used

The other is called.

 

All failed the exam

None passed the test,

All means none, none means all

Nothing is left.

 

None is left

Means that all is gone,

No exception, that is,

No not one.

 

All except one

You will often hear

But you will wait forever

Till that one appears.

 

 

It cannot be all

As long as there is one,

One remaining means

All are not gone.

 

She ate all the biscuits

Leaving only one for me,

Then she didn’t eat all

I trust you see.

 

Almost is not all

Since there is still some,

Never mind how small

It could never be none.

 

The uniform is spotless

Except for one tiny dot,

It is not all white then,

There is still a spot.

 

 

All and none

Is one and the same,

One implies the other

Let’s not play games.

 

All is gone 

Means there is none left,

Now I've made my point

My case I rest

 

If there is no ‘all’

Then there is no ‘none’,

Never one without the other

I am done.

  

Stewart Russell © July 17, 2023