The Dictionary

The Dictionary

The meaning of the word was foreign to me,
But over this I did not fret.
I looked it up in the dictionary.

The length of the word was extraordinary,
And its letters seemed to pirouette.
The meaning of the word was foreign to me.

I flipped through the sections "u" and "v",
The spelling of the word I tried not to forget
When I looked it up in the dictionary.

I could not find the word in this anthology.
A bigger one I had to get,
The meaning of the word still foreign to me.

But I was not discouraged, on the contrary.
I would find that word, you bet
When I look it up in the dictionary.

Down the page my finger slid cautiously,
Until my eyes and that word met.
The meaning of the word was foreign to me.
I looked it up in the dictionary.

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