Yea-'n-Nay Poem by Oleg Vorobyov

Two in one, conjunction in-between.
So many things depend upon them!

When your "yea" to self-abandon cling;
When your "nay" kills an atonement.

One can oscillate between these "yea" and "nay",
With the head put on the deathly block...

To be outright, and neither swerve, nor sway,
As if sealing up a strong wedlock!

Lisp of hardly parted lips or thunderous cry,
Yea-'n-Nay can mend or leave no stone unturned.

So staple, and so simple why
This twain, men have never learnt.