I had rather be a Has Been
Than a Might Have Been, by far;
For a Might Be is a Hasn’t Been
But a Has was once an Are!
Also an Are is Is and Am;
A Was was all of these;
So I’d rather be a Has Been
Than a Hasn’t, if you please.
And they fell a-laughing so shamelessly that the ’bus driver turned and squinted through his shutter at them, and the scandalized horses stopped of their own accord.
“Are you going to leave?” he asked as she rose.