doublespeak, triplespeak?

It is not the medium
it is the message that counts
The medium is the message, some say
Oh well, as long as they convey...

Perspectives
Whose perspective?
whose lens, whose manner?
Explain, won't you, pray

With words
Of oppression/liberation
politicians speak, news-readers speak
dalits speak, women speak
dalit women speak
writers speak, narrators speak
children speak, grown-ups speak
of the same things, do they speak?

Language
Whose language, which language?
Of sounds, movements or words
Of codes - cultural or natural
In color or black and white
oh, but does language have color
In India or Ireland
but must language have context?

Thoughts
these thoughts
stubborn thoughts, silly thoughts
language of thoughts?

Ah, well as long as they convey
(fudging concepts on their way?!)
It is not the medium
it is the message
the message is the medium, some say
Oh well, as long as they convey.


i'd better be going now. yes, kitchen duty awaits me. time to go make some money. i am but a poor PhD student ;)