Jim Trott & The Koan "NO"

No’s not never— no indeedy

and not is not a word for never neither.



So you can take your ‘tain’t so’s and your ‘druther not’s

and put ‘em where the sun forgot to shine.

If my dog was truly Buddha-nature-less,

she wouldn’t never mind when I say, “NO!”



But then, Jim Trott from Dibley’s Vicar

would never get a laugh by saying,

“No, no-no-no, No, No, No-no — Yes!”

much less his wife, with “Yes, yes-yes, yes, No.”



Which is it then; never, not, or no?

What if it’s always never yes, and by no means always no?

The opposite of not is just not-bothering-with-not;

that’s according to the dictionary, that is.



Which means no more than nothing’s plainer than your nose;

it’s never less than likely that bother will be bothersome;

so never say nobody ever didn’t tell you so!

No, really! —



Not’s always almost never isn’t not,

and it’s not certain whether or not I care…..

So there!