facetious
a linguistic poem
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1 min readJun 30, 2019
facetious
just about my favorite word
no reason to call me absurd
I’ll keep using it — undeterred
a panvowel, linguists call it
not a beauty, I will admit
yet quite useful in your tool kit
panvowels contain, you see,
all vowels in Aye-Bee-Cee,
every one, I’ll note with glee
and … facetious does, moreover
contain them in the right order
— quite a tidy vowel hoarder!
dedicated to my friend Sonam Dolker
language is fun
