Consonant Reminders:
A Writer's Revenge

First I will take your q's
("Uiet, he's coming!")
And you'll learn to do without.
But j
("Immy. Onny. Eff. Ack. Oe.")
You would miss
And have to let them go.
(G, too, to be sure.)

Without z
Without f
Without p, r, t
How will you fill your nights?

When I steal b and m
How will they read,
"Elieve e."
(This should have been done years ago)

And your lips
Your lips will never know k again.

And no questions.
No w h to plague me later.

C now
D n s near.

By definition
You
Gave up your x's

L
V
And "I oe you."
Is finally true.

And you know Y
but not for long

I'll leave you your vowels to moan.
See how far you get with them.

Copyright 1998 by Robert Freitas