WHY MUST THEY?!

Why must words
Be the shape they are
(Not as I want them to!)
Why could not they be a starfish
Or the drops of morning dew?

Why must they be boring
Lines and curves and every such,
If I made language I should think
It wouldn't quite repeat so much!

ABC and XYZ repel me, I dispel thee!
QRS and TUV ensnare me, disrepair thee!

Speak of lettering's disrepute
Befouls my mood so fast.
I shan't recover whimsy back
Until at least half past.

A-crunch the clock doth screech its cry
Around and round again,
And double baker's dozen still,
At sight those glyphs my hair I'll rend!

Why must dew be drops of glass
And sand be drops of dust?
Mightn't they be books of air
That whisper through a gentle gust?

Art & Poem
By @d-pend
9/25/17