WHAT WE HOLD ON TO
Once
there was a term
for everything
even
if we did not know it
but
eventually
nouns
began to disappear
and
no one cared
or
were oblivious
because
what use
is the term Georgia peach
when we can use the phrase
fruit with a fuzzy skin and a pit grown in Georgia
and
what use
is the word amphibian
when tree frogs no longer exist nor even trees
then
adjectives
began to disappear
also
that was not much of a loss either
what use
is an adjective without a noun
the incremental loss
of verbs
instigated no uproar
for
we performed no function
on and on until
even the letters of the alphabet
floated out of consciousness
first
x y z and so on
until
only the letter A remained.
The run-on sentence never existed.
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Shew, the content and form come together here so well. It’s a great poem–and a scary possibility
Thanks, Shaun. Form is very important to me.