Thales! Thales! His grand plan failes!
But now I follow in his trailes!

I copied him in all detailes
Let others think that I was Thales

Thales! Thales! From Earth he hailes!
But I have followed stranger trailes

They say that dead men tell no tales
So I will speak of me and Thales

Me! Me! Who can I be?
This stunning man of mystery?

There's no need now for secrecy
So hear the tale of Thales and me.

'Twas not this world that gave me birth
But one beside it, called "Twin Earth"
Your world and mine are like each other
But for the chemistry of water

Your H20, our XYZ
A difference that provides the key
For traveling trans-dimensionally
To worlds with different chemistry

I was my own world's Water Mage
The greatest wizard of my age
And used my power over water
To cross from one world to the other

Poor Thales had not a chance in hell
He didn't know the counterspell
To my world's water; didn't know
Not all things wet were H20

With water now of two varieties
I seek to conquer your societies
And from my fortress in these caves
My armies will proceed in waves

Me, me, who can I be?
I guess that now it's plain to see
My name is Putnam - Hilary
The sorcerer of XYZ!