Oh, the power of words,

Ain't that right, sugar?

How they travel down 

a page, beautiful,

don't you think?

Remember that night,

in 1983 when we crossed

the lake, smiling from

ear to ear?

How you read each vowel,

each consonant, each sound,

with a gleaming glee?

Don't you remember, sugar?

Oh, silly me, 

A minute passed eight,

A new memory begins. 

Oh, the power of words ...