OUR ALPHABET

OF ALL THE CHARACTERS I HAVE MET
THE TWENTY SIX LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET
ARE THE MOST AMAZING ONES OF ALL

DESPITE THEIR SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT LOOKS
WITHOUT THEM THERE WOULD BE NO BOOKS
NOT EVEN WRITINGS ON THE WALL

WE COULD NOT EVEN FORM OUR WORDS
WE WOULD NOT KNOW JUST WHAT TO SAY
WE'D HAVE TO WHISTLE LIKE THE BIRDS
IN HARMONY EACH WAKING DAY

PERHAPS 'TIS WISE FOR YOU, FOR ME
TO READ AND WRITE QUITE FLUENTLY
TO USE THESE LETTERS IN A KINDLY WAY
TO HELP MAKE EACH A HAPPY DAY

Frank Paylor
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
October 23, 1997

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