The

 

Ode to The          

 

The, The Table of English vocabulary

each object placed there in all seriousness

The Very Definition of Veryness

The Be-All of Given, End-All of the Ordinary

The Trumpet of Terms, tongue’s tone most timely

inaudible almost amidst consonant currents

genderless bender of converse’s torrents.

Everything stops for tea, then starts with the.

 

Shall I compare the to a summer’s day?

The’s reliable, the is The Genuine Article

able for The Holiday and The Catastrophe

autumn’s survivor, winter’s thorny stay

spring’s eternal surprise each every particle.

So long as we can breathe lives, so long, the.