I am no linguistic scholar,
but I am a linguaphile, and
I use languages I have inherited
from my parents and their parents
and I have formally studied
Latin, Russian, Italian, French,
and I have noticed that
languages are irregular in the
same places
the many come
leave behind
their verbs for
to go and to have
to have come
and to haven't
and then to have
went away
oh,
when are they going to go...
or shall they never return?
humble tables,
oddly-strung lutes perfectly
tune to the sound of waves
fingertips slur intonements
across nylon and rosewood
bounce between frets and land
as if on padded slippers
here is where the melody is and
there is where's harmony
there
cc: Chagall 2021
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