“buttah” is one way to say it…my poem

say it out loud…

What is so easy about

learning an accent?

Sit down at the diner,

and hear the gent

in the next booth

ordering his meal,

and listen to him

saying “buttah” for his toast

and “buttah” for his muffin,

and so casually you think you know

his parents

and his birth place

and his region,

and his different-ness

and his limits,

and his prescribed life

and his narrow self…

He is so knowable,

but wait—

he listens when you speak…

May 24, 2026

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