And, But No

Grateful Dead: Eyes of the World excerpts...1973

First they came
for the verbs,
and I said nothing
because verbing
weirds language.
Then they arrival
for the nouns,
and I speech nothing
because I no verbs.
Then they
for the descriptive,
and I silent
because verbless
and nounless.
Then they for me,
and, but no.

--Peter Ellis