Mostly, I like old words, and odd.
Strange little ones that wink and nod
seem friendlier than those great long
learn-ed sounding ones...that sound wrong,
to me. They may say something precise
perspicaciously- Don't "nice"
and "knowing" me! I know they mean,
or can, the same thing... But I've seen
truth lost or betrayed by long words
that might have been saved by short ones.
If you're hunting quail, you're shooting birds.
Your dog won't know no better. Fun's
fun! But your young son...he might.
You wouldn't gift him an ugly sight,
because you'd not speak plainly? Say
what you mean; and mean it. And take
care: Know, how easy to sound fake
it is. So, I've explained it now.
'Tweren't hard, were it? (Bowing low,
I take your praise, and admire your
restraint: You did't call me a bore.)
Short sounds don't circumambulate!
They walk around, dance, skip and prate...
And mean enough by themselves. There's
more, 'though: They mean more in pairs...