The thing about us humans
Since when we stood up tall to walk
Is our innate ability
To think and then to talk

Talking is important
It’s because we think in words
But as I weigh the consequence
It may be for the birds

On one hand we have poetry
And literature to read
We raise our voices up to sing
We lean on speech indeed

But think if no one told a lie
A world without sales pitches
No commercials and no spam
To further people riches

If we couldn’t talk at all
We couldn’t tell each other
To band together and to fight
In wars to kill our brothers

Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”
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