Pi in Hades

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Perhaps, lost wandering Hades,
the once famed mage Pythagoras
ponders between myth and what is,
"What fine line lies between the indefinite,"
but his thoughts are cut short, "Oh, sir,"
interrupts a small demon, "time for your comeuppance."

"What do you mean, comeuppance?
I do not know they'd taken up torture in Hades."
The demon shrugged, "Just doing my job, sir."
With that said, the demon left Pythagoras
and without warning if such a departure was indefinite
leaving him to consider if was not or is

And so everything is either/or, not or is
plagued by such thoughts became his comeuppance
either to be free or to suffer indefinite
Indeed! Is is either/or. "Hades!"
Such thoughts would grip Pythagoras
Only to be interrupted again, "Oh, sir."

"You toy with me," he'd reply, "for I am no sir."
"But all that you are must remain what is,"
taunted the demon back to Pythagoras,
"for certainly such ideas become your comeuppance."
"Yet, had I such thoughts before I came to Hades?"
he'd ask back, "Why need I define indefinite?"

"Certainly such a task is definitely indefinite."
To which the demon chuckled, "So sure are you, sir?
Then how far to the bounds of Hades?"
The myth past death had become what is,
either that, or simply his comeuppance
The absolute truth would define Pythagoras

Unless the is that is is not Pythagoras
All that is is either/or, definite or indefinite
Defined straight out of existence, "Indeed, comeuppance!"
Unless, of course, the torture is..."Oh, sir?"
"Oh, bother, bugger, and drats is what it is.
Thus I reside in what you call Hades."

And so in Hades did reside Pythagoras
"Is what is not so definitely indefinite?"
"Oh, sir, it's time for your comeuppance."

Some notes here:
the first three words I choose myself, in that order. The last three words I picked "at random" from a dictionary in that same order.
E-Prime primer: No = 0. Yes = 1. Very Aristotle in it's logic. Yet, there's the possibility for a middle ground, a maybe. Maybe = .5 Ah, but could I not say that something resides closer to yes or no than .5? What about a statement more .25? Where should that lay? The argument proceeds that Yes equaling 1 can not truly find expression to man, while No=0 most certain can. In between these lay the spectrum of possible. To say something "IS" defines it as "Yes" in that regard, and hence makes the statement including an "IS" to some degree inaccurate. E-Prime endeavors to remove such inaccuracies by removing the use of "is," "being" and personnel possessives.
Likewise, I choose Pythagoras as a mage intentionally, as math appears no more precise to yours truly than any other language. 3.141596254, etc ad nausea, ad infinitum.

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