Schwa
The single trick of British diction's
stripping sounds of forms and frictions.
All non-consonantals are
ground down into the mighty Schwa.
UUUUUUH.
Grey incarnate as a vowel,
projected from your deepest bowel.
Cock a noncommitant grunt
and hawk it from your face's front.
UUUUUUH.
Take your phonemes, mash them whole
in your pharyngeal mixing bowl.
Be anything but effervescent -
imitate an adolescent.
UUUUUUH.
Therefore, if you cannot recall
which one to use, then use them all,
condensed into a single best -
Use Schwas and be, like them, unstressed.
UUUUUUH.
Zack Davies is a poet based in Kent, UK. He has written four books and sold almost as many. He runs regular Gravesend spoken word mic Holy Moly. Read more at https://zackdavies.wordpress.com
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