<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=553325" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Fran</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">It is not simply a word<br>Do say it completely<br>Not for a conceited or selfish benefit<br>But rather as a monument to the exotic<br>The pleasures of a unique sound<br>And the laziness that comes with our fast-paced culture<br>In which communication through lack of words declines<br>Has created too many shortcuts<br>Snipped beauty at the stem<br>So it has been swept beneath a quick mouth<br>And what was once splendid and stimulating <br>While rolling off the tongue<br>Is now stocky<br>Short<br>Uninviting</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Slow down<br>In everything<br>Appreciate the many forms of loveliness <br>Even in the simplicity of saying a full name</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Francesca+Martin">Francesca Martin</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=553325" data-title="Fran de Francesca Martin" data-description="It is not simply a word Do say it completely Not for a conceited or selfish benefit But rather as a monument to the exotic The pleasures of a unique sound And the laziness that comes with our fast-paced culture In which communication through lack ..."></div> </div> </div>

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