Thursday, January 22, 2009

illiterate

being illiterate for 16 years did not persuade him to say:
I like this poet because he is easy to read.

being illiterate for 19 years, he did not say:
I live with regret for missing out the classics one should have started reading as a kid

being illiterate for 22 years,
he would not step on anybody's inability to read or write, to stand taller

being illiterate for 29 years,
he despise their capacity to accumulate and use cliches and needless foreign slangs... even if that were to signify literacy

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