Lessons in Less
 
It’s like a new grammar
in which everything has to be declined.
 
Start with Class One.  'Agent Provocateur'.
'Safari'.  'Whiskey'.  'Opera'.
 
Class Two – those standing orders.
Does Oxfam really need your twenty quid?
 
Class Three is for everyday nouns:
'Haircut' or 'Birthday card'.
 
In every case, the same ending.
You’d think it would be easy.

Annette Volfing

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