A SECOND LANGUAGE

I know a little French,

A little German too,

Some simple words of Spanish,

In Greek can say ‘fuck you’.

In several other lingos

I can speak a phrase or two.

Mostly something bad,

Insulting, sick or blue.

English is the language

Taught at mother’s knee.

It’s my mother tongue;

Fluent I ought to be.

But my spelling is atrocious.

In grammar I do err.

My punctuation, ugh!

My vocabulary only fair.

Many new Canadians

Learned English when they came.

Now they speak it better,

Put us natives all to shame.

So I’ve set myself a goal:

A second tongue I’ll not pursue.

I’ll work on proper English;

To those others say adieu!