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The immigrant story

One day in my family’s life
I entered the English languages
d’s and t’s in my teeth   s’s steaming

I elongated i’s
lost a few r’s   included
them where they weren’t wanted

I often stationed a preposition
at the end of a sentence
this was to guard against
aggrieved inflection

Much to my surprise strangers understood me
I continued talking   I was brazen   I said

everywhere I go there are verbs that are doing nothing
it has been years since certain nouns were referred to
              by their right names
I must ask a sad question
will the laws of entropy operate in spite of strictness
is there a literature that chants the disappearance
              of tongues