By Cosette
Date: 15 July 1999

Alphabet

way back age three
when a to z are jolly
recite them in a sweet melody
recall with a fruit, flower or tree
now at age twenty-three
their names are twenty-six
remind me of my misery
where’s a letter? in what order?
what is before and what is after?
your alphabet is threatening
and i am not named Zheen