As someone who lived apart from people
(The opposite postulate is feeble),
And not wanting to boast of a difference,
I assumed everyone by inference
Was like me incapable of knowing
Anyone's inner life except my own.
I say, I say, look boy. I made a pun.
Forget it, Einstein--I didn't make one.
One is the loneliest number, you know?
It's not like we have any place to go.
And until I find one more consciousness
Chances are I won't need any esses.