Words. W-o-r-d-s. Who decided the letters should be shaped the way they are, and sound the way they do, and gave them their names? And who thought, 'Let's call these funny marks letters?' Who decided how to spell alphabet, or apostrophe, or dictionary?
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We complain about cold fingers, itchy scarves, a long dark drive Yet when my breath rises in puffs of grey air on a Monday I'm reminded that I am alive
It feels different; everything's changed Something that was once normal Is now a stretch, a pain An answer that used to flow easily Seems strangled and in vain