One day in my family’s life
I entered the English language
d’s and t’s in my teeth      s’s steaming

I elongated i’s
lost a few r’s      included
them where they weren’t wanted

I often stationed a preposition
at the end of a sentence
this was to guard against
aggrieved inflection

Much to my surprise strangers understood me
I continued talking      I was brazen      I said

everywhere I go there are verbs that are doing nothing
it has been years since certain nouns were referred to
         by their right names
I must ask a sad question
will the laws of entropy operate in spite of strictness
is there a literature that chants the disappearance
         of tongues