A Poem…”On Human Speech”
What if the English were without English
Or the French without francais?
And Spaniards without Spanish
Even for a day?
We all must have our say in a tongue
That is fitting
So we can all get around
Whether standing or sitting
It’s a funny thing this ability
To make our needs known with facility
By twirling our tongues and
Moving our lips
And making sounds soft and hard
So it doesn’t matter if we’re busboy or bard
We won’t have to shuck and jive
When the moment has arrived
To commu-
ni-
cate