Must meager words convey
What needs be said this time,
What we say and what we hear?
Put aside our skimpy history
Of parsimonious nouns,
Clauses and verbs galore,
One after another,
With no prepositions,
Just hesitant commas,
Dispersed over the page.
Imperious periods
Sprinkled there and there,
But, for propriety's sake,
Never exclamation points.
Perhaps we can explore
Some newer words, some
More expansive meanings,
That might be able to convey
What needs be said this time.