You do not thank for this,
But you do thank for that-
Instructions given to a baby.
And no one says that it is not
Like that,
That you’re supposed to give:
You do not say, but feel
This grateful word.
No one is saying to a child
That words aren’t structures
To adopt,
But mean, expressing
Thoughts that come to our world.
No one has said to me that truth
Just said I have to use this word
Whenever anyone does good to
Me
I use this spell
And how to say this one we’re
Taught, but how to feel?
We have forgotten,
We do remember how to pay:
In the world of words
Where sense should be,
In fact,
It’s not this way.