Countdown to Easels

On third, 
it's the twenty fourth.
Based on what?
Crystal ion half-life,
you were the second.
Rotations and orbits,
that was a rough guide.
Who's saying that linguists
are better with more words?
It's a five dollar controversy,
only adjudicated 
by pre-speech people
or an algorithm
who has seen it all.
Do you wish to be so
judged?
Smells like spleen spirits;
one shot, after dinner.
That's tradition and we
only learn thusly.
Shatter a tradition
and put it back together
and there you have it:
art.