Substitution

I'm not sure which way I meant the tone of this poem to be taken, I think you can read it in a number of ways. Does it come off as open to interpretation (good) or confusing (bad, unless you're T.S. Eliot)?

Nonsense, there is no need for you

to wait until it becomes available,

that would take far too long,

and the odds of it actually being

obtainable by one such as you

are long enough to make you despair.

I’ll say them if you want.

No, make due with this instead,

given enough time you’ll forget

you ever wanted something more.

If I may say so gently, give up

those aspirations which are absurd,

you know the ones I mean. Settle

down and become comfortable

living with disappointment.