on certainty 328

328. “I know it as I know that my name is L.W.”

‘my name is …’ –

is all there is to it –

to say ‘I know my name is  …’

is to claim an authority  for the assertion

the only authority –

is your authorship –

no need to assert that –

                                                                                                                                   

as you are making the assertion

straightforward assertions –

are all that is required

loading them up –

with claims to knowledge –

is  to weigh them down –

with unnecessary and irrelevant

baggage

© greg t. charlton. 2010.