For More Effective Communication
Do you remember Helen Keller?
She was a really awesome speller
Who couldn't hear nor see nor speak,
So to communicate
She would ges-tic-u-late.
Marcel Marceau spoke perfect French,
But he was helpless in a pinch
Because a mime does not converse,
Or even curse, such is his fate,
He must ges-tic-u-late.
Polynesian girls who hula
Often dance for poi or moola.
They rake in tips with swaying hips
As their grass skirts gyrate,
And they ges-tic-u-late.
Magicians cause a great sensation
With their prestidigitation,
They make assistants disappear,
And even levitate,
When they ges-tic-u-late.
Upon the mound, a pitcher scans
The fingers of the catcher's hand.
To show how curved, or fast, or slow
The ball should go across the plate,
He will ges-tic-u-late.
When good ideas you hit upon them,
Use your hands, don't sit upon them,
Get your point 'cross to your boss,
Let me reiterate.
Conversation's more impressive
If animatedly expressive
And your vocabulary's rich and up-to-date.
So when you talk stop dilly dallyin'
And be more like an Italian,
Give your reticence a rest
And just ges-tic-u-late.
Author's note: Dear reader, if I may paraphrase Nancy Sinatra...These hands were made for talkin'.
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Jim Slaughter
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