A Poem for a Friend

I talked on the phone with a good friend for an hour today. The first word that was the anchor thought below was blush because I happened to read that humans are the only mammals that blush. Darwin called blushing "the most peculiar and most human of all expressions" This came to mind later while in the basement.

     Cellulae

    From Welsh gyda / with
    From Dutch vriend / friend
    From Japanese の / no
    From Old English blyscan / blushing
    From West Frisian jitte / yet
    From Greek elpis / hope
    From Gothic faur / for
    From Turkish sığınma / refuge
    From Burmese နှစ်ခု / two
    From Zulu ukwabelana / share
    From Spanish pozos / wells
    From Corsican di / of
    From Tibetan རང་ཉིད། / selves
    From Dinka ye rɔt dhuɔ̈kciëën / reverberating
    From Mongolian дамжуулан / through
    From Māori ratou / their
    From Latin cellulae / cells

 

         
        

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

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