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Paul Butters May 2015
(The symbol * = see word list)

Hi* Reader!
A monna, a fem* both build their family here,
In lands where waqua* flows
And noush* is grown.
They shelter, cosy, nestled in their housdom,
Or dommus

If yu
prefer,
With kids arunning wild,
Alongside dogologs* and pusses.
It cost a lot of brass
to buy
That house
But yes
It really was so worth it.

On weekends dad gets out the vroom
And takes them for a run.
The youngsters chaktac
in the bak
Luving
it: driving thru
The sunny vales.
Back home,
They all sleep well
Each nite
.

From families like this
Are nations built.
Generation,
After generation.
A growing culture
On the bedrock
Of Humanity.

Paul Butters

Word List:      Hi = hello, monna (formerly mon) = man, fem = woman, waqua = water, noush = food, housdom or dommus (formerly domhouse) = house, yu = you, dogologs = dogs, pusses = cats, brass = money, vroom = car, chaktac = chatter, bak = back, luving = loving, thru = through, nite = night. (These words I term “Buttish”, after my surname, though I acknowledge some are “borrowed” from others).
* domhouse amended to dommus; mon to monna (2nd draft).
Experimenting with the English Language!!!
Dreams sustain
The life inside our brains
So sing yourself a lullaby
Take some deep breaths
Let your brain sigh
It is so hard
To let your mind relax
Responsibilities of life
Pile up in the brain in stacks
Under the stacks
Deep inside our brains
Peace awaits
Relax, let it go
On a voyage of dreams
To maintain
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