You Me and ABC (poem) by Charles B. Neff on AuthorsDen

You Me and ABC
by Charles B. Neff → (All Poetry by Charles B. Neff)
Thursday, December 29, 2016 Rated "G" by the Author.

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Instead of being an archipelago of identity islands, let's find the human continent where we all can live in equal satisfaction.
You Me and ABC No resolution this year Instead a plea for resolution If I remember That far back We started with M Shortly followed by F A while later G Then L B and T Today an added Q (Could’ve missed it before) We all need identity But labels slice and dice That’s okay to start with By now we’ve used up A big chunk of letters With no end in sight Our alphabet is plainly finite We might add numbers Become just like Our license plates And still not cover Every personal permutation Someday our differences May seem simply human And we won’t need Labels to distract us Until that day comes I leave you this gift ABCDEFGHIJKLM NOPQRSTUVWXYZ Every conceivable description Is contained within it Shake, scramble and arrange To your heart’s content And to mine as well Find common combination. Charles B. Neff, New Year 2017

Reviewed by Jane Noponen Perinacci

Reviewed on December 30, 2016

U R A Q T !!!!!

Love ya!

Jane

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Yes, we are all humans and should be treated that way. I think the reason that letters have come to the fore is because people with genetic or socially different makeup than what is considered average or normal have finally banded together to come out from hiding and clearly announce that they are going to take the bullying and ignorant abuse any more. It's taken them a very long time to do that--even be able to do that.

Your poem clearly describes that there should be no need for letters to stand out. But, until they did, they hid. I think it's time, in the 21st century, that they are included as a normal part of society and not an aberration.

Ron

A proud member of "D", an able member of the disabled community that tried to pass for "normal" for 30 years while facing ignorance and discrimination the whole time. "I don't think you can do that." "You can do that?"

Reviewed by m j hollingshead

Reviewed on December 29, 2016

well said, thought provoking read

Never stop writing!

m