No boarded play, however grand
contains within those scrambled hands
behold, the lowly ampersand
No seriously rightful due
akin, alas, to double-u
are Bob & Hugh or me & you
The case for “and per se and” lies
within the work of ancient scribes,
is utterance; and there it dies
The double-u however, though,
is used in terms like woo and woe
and other witless words we know
Some hundred years ago was dissed
deposed from alphabet’s long list
the ampersand does not exist
Language evolves, as do alphabets. The ampersand had its chance, and blew it. Hence it is not a letter. The “w” still has it going. It is pronounced in some languages as “V” is pronounced in others. German for example. Controversy keeps it alive. The double “u” is hard to trace its etymological origins — though I’m sure it has been done by someone who thinks philology is important. As for the poetry? Is this a good poem? I don’t know; I’m not a poet. (I’ll send you some of my poetry in case you doubt this.) Though I always like it when my name is spelled correctly.