Poems Primarily Narrative (or not)

Alphabet Soup

Often wondered about language

How it was perceived

Were the words we used correct

Was their conveyance well achieved

Were they employed just for effect

Was there a pretentiousness apparent

Did they convey exact intent

Or maybe it was merely used as advertent

Could we have erred through affectation

Perhaps like the Q in billiards, just quiet-

Did these quirks sneak through unnoticed

Deceptive in their role as argot

How are we supposed to know

What of the Y in asking

Is it just a straight disguise

Or a clever means of masking

Did you note the L in architecture

More subtle I am sure

Or silent, as the P in swimming

Less easy to ignore

Then the T in golf

Or possibly the U in sheep

Another would be the X in divorce

All compounding to posit my original bleep

And I am left with the dilemma of the Alphabet in soup!