The Subtle Doctor

Scotus is to Analogous Being

As nuance is to a hammer,

As diplomatic is to fleeing,

And as delicate is to a Pog slammer.

The Duck-Rabbit

Wittgenstein in his Investigations Philosophical

Brings up a figure quite zoological.

He asks what animal could this misfit be

A mallard facing left or a right facing bunny?

But Ludwig what if there are to be two

How can we know, what can we do?

Either this is a rabbit standing behind a ducks back,

Or a duck telling a rabbit how to save with Aflac.

Or rather a line of rabbits at the DMV,

Or a chorus of ducks singing slightly off key.

The problems persist if we keep on adding

From three to four the problem is maddening.

...

And what happens when the heads are turned

Seriously Ludwig what have we learned?

Answer, your whole philosophical discourse

is just a prelude to the duck-head-horse.

On the Mek

Two white guys, living with the Mek
Were honored with the penis gourd
They said, ah, what the heck
And they donned the piece and the cord
But after a short uphill trek
The chaffing could not be ignored
Said one, I'm a bit put off by the koteka,
But what do you have for a size ten cloaca?

λόγος vs. Logic

[(iff λόγος = logic) -> (this would seem to say)]:

"((We're really off topic) -> (( it's λόγος) v (logic any given day)))".

Gibberish

Jib or rich duece

Om thymes

Gift whey tooth

Sense able rye I'm.

Pickled Mud Fish is soooooo Good

Pickled Mud Fish is so good.

It gives me no remorse;

I eat it lots for food.

You can even get it in a cream sauce.

It will make you ten units more beautiful

And braver than Antarctic wolves.

It is tender like a lamb.

Yet forceful like a tank.

The surest thing that we can say:

Is Mud Fish is so yum.

Ode to a certain someone

_______ _____ is not one to mince his words
but instead embellishes them with flourishes absurd.
"Facingness" and "Illusionism" are just a few monstrosticisms
and its amazing how he misappropriates witticisms and Wittgensteinisms.
For all his hemming and hawing there is sadly no cure
as he's too deeply in love with his own Dideronian dash Wittgensteinian allure.

"Sunny-side Down" or, "Prepare to Groan"

It's a well-known fact that a fall is followed by "ow"
And that an Indian Chief instead of saying "hi" asks "how?"
And that a fall also means a season and a trip that you're going far,
And a spill is sometimes a noun, verb, or natural disastar.
But what puzzles me is whether or not a Frenchman would beg,
"Tell me why, when American's fall they say oeuf which means egg?"

The Provenance of Las Meninas

First Velazquez stood facing his canvas,

Then the King came by to inspect the works,

Next Foucault stood there and made us nervous,

Lastly Struth took pics of some tourist jerks.

4 Lines Towards a Hiedegger Sonnet

Lead me not to objects of the subject

Being given of things in history

In language all this we must erect

Yet in thinking be preparatory

Russell's Theory of Definite Descriptions

The present king of France is bald.

Or perhaps it's better said,

∃x((Kx & ∀y(Ky → y=x))& Bx).

While in France Democracy has been installed,

Why should we assume the king is dead?

Dishes

The bowls are all dirty.

What ever shall we do?

Should I wash all thirty?

Should I buy some anew?

With disaster we are flirty,

To all bowls we say adieu.

Let us sip some soup from our hurdy-gurdy,

And use our shoes for stew.

The Tea Party

Where's the Ceylon?

Where's the Oolong?

The lack of tea is not all that's wrong.

T'was the night...

T'was the night before elections
and all through the blocks
good patriots were setting out their boots and their socks
for this year good neighbors we're all voting green
and walking our asses to those polling machines.
What inspired this reversal of the gas-guzzling normi,
not a governor who trades in his hummers for Prii,
NO! Our new resolution to use less rather than more,
relates to the dilemma that causes us dolor.
The question to candidates and incumbents we can't help but implore,
What kind of recession is this that costs more?

Negative Theology

Eggs they scramble

but do not flee

Fleas they bother

but do not tease

Teas they steep

but do not exceed

And that's all the truth that we'll ever need.

The Tree

The wise man asked of the tree

What is metaphor and what analogy?

Well, said the tree, with one you sprout

And with the other one I shout,

But which is which is Greek to me.

Summa Theologica

What can we say about faith and perfection?

It's sure to be found in a Thomist's reflection,

But all the ideas to which we give the saint credit

are in a book too long for even God to have read it.