My Favourite Word

The first word there had to be - was BE, and that was the very first in existence And from Genesis and Eden to Elsinore, it has had a remarkable degree of persistence It seems that once BE had been exercised, the dam broke and words poured out as from a cornucopia. And verbs would soon exist in an abundance enough to carry you from here to Ethiopia Except in the culture of youth where it appears this multitude has been reduced to the deplorable "was like" To them I am tempted to say: "Learn some real verbs"; OR I would employ a phrasal such as 'On-your-bike!' The possibilities are now endless particularly if you include the phrasal Giving us enough elan vital to at least maintain a metabolism basal So to whoever first said BE, whether God or someone with similar propensities though another name or description: I say Well done! I couldn't in my wildest dreams with a wish to create a rich life and culture, have produced a better prescription 20 August 2019