The Dictionary
The dictionary,what an instrument!
Human beings spoke without its need
To gather up our words , define and count
Literacy, slow in its intent,
Began to spread and offer its rewards
The dictionary, what a fine event.
Yet there are obstacles we must confront
As words begin to rule and to divide.
So watch your words , define and always count
Sadly language turns malevolent
When those in power use sentences to lie.
This dictionary,what a grave event.
And more when it is used with ill intent
Orders sent to murder the despised;
Gathering Europe’s Jews for death’s torments.
Elsewhere on our earth more genocides
Scapegoats suffer,live our suicide
The dictionary, what it represents:
Scholarship to murder or disturb
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