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Louise
Poems
Apr 19
Codeswitch
What of languages, if you only need a few words to ask how a friend is today?
What of learning dialects, if you only need a single sentence to ask a vendor how much their goods are?
What use are the multiple languages you speak, when you can't use a single one of them to say what you feel?
What about the new language you taught me, if you only speak to me when I do? What good is it, if I were to become mute?
So what of languages, if you can't use them to ask me how I am today?
So what of your dialects, if I couldn't ask you how much your attention is,
or if I could even buy it?
So what use are the multiple languages we speak, if we can't use a single word, a sentence, not a single language to say what we feel?
What about the new language you taught me? Do we let it die or make new jokes?
How good it will be, if they become true?
Kamustá? ¿Cómo estás? Kûmusta? Com estàs?
#freeverse
#languages
#dialects
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Louise
Philippines
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