Causuality: Use Only as Directed?

I wonder what would happen if we did as the poem directs. Let's say that each line refers to itself and the lines before it. Look at the original:

Causuality 1

When if becomes then

and then becomes when,

cause and effect

then disaffect

cause and effect

and then becomes when,

when if becomes then.

Do as the original poem directs, and I believe that this results:

Causuality 2

When when becomes when

and when becomes when,

cause and effect

when disaffect

cause and effect

and when becomes when,

when then becomes then.

Rather severe consequences! Moral? Think ahead before accepting the conditions placed on what one is directed to do. And avoid, if possible, following directions that can only worsen your circumstances.

Let me know if I made any mistakes.