Lawrence Hall, HSG
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                                   For English Pick Up the Anglophone

For English pick up the Anglophone
For French the Francophone
For others in Canada the Allophone
(“‘Allo! ‘Allo!”)
For Mandarin or Cantonese the Sinophone
For Portugal the Lusophone
In Deutschland perhaps the Deutschesphone
(or perhaps not)
And in Russia the Russophone

Please phone in, everyone

Because isn’t it wonderful -
So many phones, and each with a direct line to God

Everything is on like it is gone
The colours of the world just got inverted
I see the paint smudged on the wall
I moved out of a rain forest for concrete lake
the colour left my face as I realised my fate
It's the initial days, but scenery is replaced
I wish I could be six years back
Following my destiny
I would be smiling looking at my face frowning
how little I was, how little I knew
Isn't it my problem, can I just broaden my view?

Do you know what time it is
Without a watch someone might ask

How much time do we have left
Asking those who have a task

Could you spare some time for me
One might plead who has a need

About what time should we leave
Question those with somewhere to be

How much time can be spent
We ask of those who know no end

When will you know the time is right
In this time of fight or flight

Time you'll find never hides
Plain as day, in plain sight

Time is always standing by
To makes its way, flip or fly

Time will also make demands
Hour, minute, second hands

If you keep the time in mind
It drags on till the end of time

Time in truth stares back at you
And there's not a thing that you can do

With the time that you have
In the end there's little left