“I Know, Therefore I Am”

Rene Descartes seems logical,

Albeit he was not so smart,

For seemingly he couldn’t tell

Himself and intellect apart.

If his existence should depend

Upon his meditations, so,

Descartes might in the very end

Be nothing if he didn’t know.

Which is to say, he put the cart

Before the horse or as it were,

His finish went before his start

For whatever he would aver;

For if he wouldn’t think he was,

He simply wouldn’t be at all,

And so, if he could reason thus,

He must have been illogical.