--Dr. Carlos Otero, UCLA
Dr. Chomsky, I salute you, your mind
with vast spools of fabric entwined in time
the rationales of injustice denied
when grammar can’t divide opinion
nor adjectives to bring back the living
what is it that makes us all human
but an ability to ascertain
as when something grows smaller gains in depth
suddenly just as I am asked I know
who it was who got me thinking of you
a linguistics professor in my youth
when he rose up against us and shouts:
“Why, why are you so tired and sleepy?”
Then took me aside to study Chomsky
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