When books are Japanesy,
Or Chinesy, they're not easy
To transcribe to Roman as a culmination.
Some publishers will send you
Books in Hebrew (you will need brew:
Typing backwards is a trying avocation).
And pamphlets in Dravidian,
Make typists go viridian:
The talent for it's thin within this nation.
But we puff ourselves like Patton
When the alphabet is Latin:
After others, it's a cause for celebration.
And heart-strings go a-tinglish
If a book appears in English:
An incident of general jubilation.
Originally published in SUL News Notes, January 29, 1993.
c 1993, 1995 Fleabonnet Press for the author.