What an instrument

The dictionary,what an instrument!
Human beings spoke without its need
To gather up our words , define and count

Literacy, slow in its intent,
Began to spread and offer its rewards
The dictionary, what a fine event.

Yet  there are obstacles we must confront
As words  begin to rule and to divide.
So watch  your words , define and  always  count

Sadly language  turns malevolent
When those in power use  sentences  to lie.
This dictionary,what a grave event.

And more when it is used with ill intent
Orders sent to  murder the despised;
Gathering Europe’s Jews for death’s torments.

Elsewhere on our earth  more genocides
Scapegoats suffer,live our  suicide
The dictionary, what it represents:
Scholarship to murder  or  dissent

I am interested to see puns and allusions I was unaware of when writing  such as ” what a grave event” can refer to seriousness or to the graves of the dead which cover quite a bit of space in War Cemeteries.And in other places.

And  the last line is a pun on ” we murder to dissect ” I think.

Words rule or divide…. but someone must speak them

Words count.. words matter or do we just count them like abstract numbers?