Today Is Today Poem by Clyde King

Today IS today,
No debate there.
But "today" sounds
Strange when you say it
Out loud several times.

The word "to"
Can be a preposition,
An infinitive marker,
Or an adverb. In this
Case it's a preposition, showing
Something being approached
Or reaching a particular
Condition, "day."

But is "today" really
Being approached?
Isn't it always "today? "
Isn't a "day" always
24 hours long?

We invented
24 hours of time to help
Ships to know when
And where they were.
Thank you Englishmen.
Lines of longitude are
Approximately 1,000
Miles wide, thus
24 time zones.

Enough of this
Didacticism already.
"Day" is easy. It's a
Noun indicating a
24 hour period and is the
Gold standard for
Keeping time.

All of "today"
Is an invention,
An abstraction!
Words and letters are
Pure abstractions,
Inventions by man,
To communicate.

But if you stare
At a single letter long enough
It becomes a squiggly design,
That's all. Consider the
Letter "g."
What an interesting design to
Denote it's sound when spoken
Singly in your language. Maybe
Your language doesn't have an
Equivalent counterpart.

I'm sure that few people
Will find this interesting,
But try, Ok?