Thoughts fly through frequencies high
By letter, syllable, or smiley face
From mother to daughter, friend to friend
Another text message sent, received beeps.
Shortened versions, simplified words
Keystrokes click, entered blurb by blurb.
The English language taught, shredded apart
Stripped, exposed to the barest of bones,
Vowels forgotten, punctuation dissolved,
Ingrained teachings exchanged for sound.
Now, what would our great fathers and ancestors
Of word, such as, Shakespeare or Chaucer
Think of this contrived and condensed form
Of the words and rules they so strictly conformed?
Their words broken, shattered, torn.
Broken words, sent. Receiving…
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