"If I didn't know better..."

And the end of that sentence
Is an ellipsis.
Three full stops in a row.
It had to stutter-skid to a halt.
And not one word after that, you know

A fully-completed thought, I'd say.
"If I didn't know better" dot, dot, dot!
I couldn't go further than that if I lied.

I'd only be making stuff up for the spot
that you put me on.
If ever that sentence had other end,
it's gone.
You know how it goes with me. God knows
I tried. That is all
it was meant
to be.