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The Obsoletion of a Language

The Obsoletion of a Language

By Kay Ryan b. 1945 Kay Ryan

We knew it

would happen,

one of the laws.

And that it

would be this

sudden. Words

become a chewing

action of the jaws

and mouth, unheard

by the only other

citizen there was

on earth.

Source: Poetry (May 2011).

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Poet Kay Ryan b. 1945

POET’S REGION U.S., Western

Subjects Arts & Sciences, Language & Linguistics