My Trip Through The Alphabet
My Trip Through The Alphabet
The first four letters are soldiers
snapping a welcome in crisp even tones
and prodding me to move along quickly
ABCD
E is a gentle soul, swaying as I pass.
F and G are strange creatures that do
funny things with their mouths and
say you are coming to the middle.
It is dark when H is finally met.
I is my shadow.
How does it get there
in the absence of light?
J and K are friendly enough
in spite of their uniforms
and their great height.
LMNOP are brothers and sisters
who do a little dance together
as I pass.
Q stands alone
and what a queer creaure it is
hiding helpless in its dark corner.
R and S have been friends for years
I visit their little cottage in the forest.
T approaches menacingly
Oh no! I think.
But I am only quietly led
to U and V
who live in the edge
of the ocean.
WXY and Z open the door
at the end of the canyon
so I can go home.
The first four letters are soldiers
snapping a welcome in crisp even tones
and prodding me to move along quickly
ABCD
E is a gentle soul, swaying as I pass.
F and G are strange creatures that do
funny things with their mouths and
say you are coming to the middle.
It is dark when H is finally met.
I is my shadow.
How does it get there
in the absence of light?
J and K are friendly enough
in spite of their uniforms
and their great height.
LMNOP are brothers and sisters
who do a little dance together
as I pass.
Q stands alone
and what a queer creaure it is
hiding helpless in its dark corner.
R and S have been friends for years
I visit their little cottage in the forest.
T approaches menacingly
Oh no! I think.
But I am only quietly led
to U and V
who live in the edge
of the ocean.
WXY and Z open the door
at the end of the canyon
so I can go home.
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