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​Indefinite pronoun, in definite demand,
A stand-in for noun, a proxy in mask;
Too shy and plain to claim the name
Of person/thing behind its task.

“All,” “anyone,” “anybody,” “both,” and “each,”
Like “no one,” “many,” “nobody,” and “none”;
“Enough,” “somebody,” “someone,” “something,”
And “any,” or “either,” or “neither,” and “most.”

Along with “several” and “some” and “few”
Are “anything,” “much,” and ”nothing,” too;
With “everything,” “everybody,” “everyone,” true,
Indefinite pronouns shape the milieu.

They serve as plural, singular, both…
These shadowy aids of nouns in deed;
Not even the variable type will gloat,
Subdued instead like “none” when teed.