Any Takers?

“And it’s a hard logic to follow and the girls get lost”
—Talking Heads, ‘Tentative Decisions’

There are only negations in this life but I am too old and out of time.
Therefore, I am seeking a son to collect the data to confirm this for me.

From the beginning I will teach him theorems in the morning.
I will then deconstruct them in the afternoons and evenings to prove my point.

Through this approach, I hope to make him see completely what this existence really is.
But of course, on paper, this project already demonstrates some contradictions.

Firstly, by having offspring, I would actually be adding to my self-diagnosed world of negations.
This would mean I would be negating my own conclusion in the first place, of there being only negations.

Secondly, I will no doubt die before I can demonstrate to my son the overall point I am required to make to him.
This would only leave him stranded in the same pickle I find myself in now. And what a pickle it is.

Thirdly, and perhaps most importantly—at my age, with my views
And with my voice—I will probably struggle to find anyone willing to participate in the act of son production with me.