How can you have nothing,
When to have is to possess?
This English language worries me,
It makes my mind a mess.
Nothing has no meaning,
Because nothing is a word.
A word’s a thing intangible,
But it’s there because it’s heard.
When you say you have nothing,
You will contradict yourself.
But leave the dictionary alone,
All dusty on the shelf.
If you’re now as confused as I,
You should not get upset.
It’s just our English language,
What it is is what you get.
By Don Rothra