Lingua Materna, Lingua Imperiale
Corrupt, corrupting,
savage and sentimental;
cunning and belligerent,
confusing and confused;
arrogant, sullen,
supple and ambiguous,
English seems the ideal tongue
of the Information Age.
savage and sentimental;
cunning and belligerent,
confusing and confused;
arrogant, sullen,
supple and ambiguous,
English seems the ideal tongue
of the Information Age.
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Author's Note
Prompted by a provocative Pruteanu post at FB.
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A good, compact list poem. Great sounds, Gary. Good punch at the end. I like.
Sounds like Congress to me. *
Do you think we'd be so troubled if we spoke another language, or just troubled in another way?*
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Thank you, Letitia, Sam, Jake, Gary and Christian.
The sound of this is terrific! *
Reads a little like a haiku-rhythmically anyway.