Thursday, April 11, 2019

The Whip


As a wild beast that roams about with no
Direction, there and here roving on instinct
Gendered in genes so genitors ago,
Akin to all the members of its kin, linked
Each as to act the species, master zagging
And zigging at its paws, master thus made
Mastered by beast−just so the tongue, words wagging
Presumed freely, as in wild escapade,
Constrained, thoughts mastered, spontaneity
The speech of species’ tongue, is wiled and willed
About by form of informality.
   Taming the tongue with words your thoughts to name
   Frees thought from to the common tongue being tame.

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