And What It Wouldn't Be, It Would

If I
had a world
of my own,
everything
would be
nonsense.
Nothing
would be
what it is,
because
everything
would be
what it isn't.
And contrariwise,
what is,
it wouldn't be.
And what
it wouldn't be,
it would.
You see?

--Alice (from "Alice In Wonderland ")