Words Without Meaning
You would not bet on cards in your hand,
Without knowing their face value.
You wouldn't plant seeds,
If you knew the plant they would grow into,
Would be of no worth to anyone.
You would not buy a car,
If you knew it was beyond repair.
Yet I hear you bandying about words,
That you think will impress,
Or shock,
Words whose meanings you have never learnt,
With values that you have failed to appreciate.
Yet words which in the right order,
And spoken at the right time,
Could have been the difference,
Between winning friends or losing them.
So, please learn the meaning of the words,
Before the meanings are no more.
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