By asking why

            You really thought you loved me

            In response to why 

            You said you thought you did,

            I thought you knew that

            Knowing something well enough 

            Meant ignorance

            Causality demanded nothing less,

            So I surmised,

            Than using lots of energy

            To break things into smaller bits

            Until I learned the hard way that

            To split a hair could sometimes end

            In splitting up

            Instead of giving me the

            Bird in hand I sought