General Help Wanted
on Feeling Alright is Good, Being Alright is Best (Nigeria), 01/Jun/2014 05:33, 34 days ago
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I am a barely contained scribbleThat I could draw when I was 3Deemed a masterpieceBefore I knew the wordAnd have since been weanedTo see linesorderstatuslike Escher staircaseschronic aspirationsAnd the colourwas discardedAnd the meaningmisinterpretedAnd the masterpiecedated:A scribbleBy a 3 year oldWho didn't know any betterI am seeking a translatorA teacherof my other tongueBefore my motherBefore the words usurped--Ordained the shapethe texture,the outlineOf this worldThat is not mineWhen a scribble was more honestWhen the truth was heard in humsWhen thoughts were in a languageI've forgotten
