Just one alphabet, <br />an imprint on the brain, <br />and you'll never forget <br />or be puzzled again. <br /> <br />If you use your head, <br />you can save your feet; <br />the mind must be fed <br />and a book is a treat. <br /> <br />Reading and writing <br />are private activities, <br />but mingling's the thing <br />in your towns and your cities. <br /> <br />The retail and wholesale <br />of popular cultures: <br />peacock and nightingale <br />enjoyed by vultures. <br /> <br />One day in the evening, <br />you'll want to impart <br />the frustrated meaning <br />that's hurting your heart. <br /> <br />Misunderstanding's <br />a product of fear, <br />but all happy endings <br />are perfectly clear. <br /> <br />And something is learned <br />when professors are fooled <br />and the children are turned <br />into the over-schooled. <br /> <br />Don't study too long, <br />after you're literate, <br />go totally wrong <br />and still be an idiot.<br /><br />Nancy Ames<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/literacy/
