It Is

 Some say that existence exists,

And I’m not here to tell you they lie. 

The universe surely persists -

Without sign of soon saying goodbye. 

Parmenides said Being Is,

Albeit, he said it in Greek. 

All agree he was a whiz,

But did he provide what we seek?

It is what it is, we now say,

When urging recognition 

Of facts in the present day

Which present in a sorry condition. 

Existence Exists, I admit

Has a tautological sound,

But still we keep using it

As an evidentiary ground.