A Houyhnhnm's Scrapbook/Number 1/Public Speech

​Public Speech

By William Stafford

Old Grandpa Ego with his lying ear trumpet
argues with us, who know by braille
more of the world than Grandpa can tell.
He’s a limited creature, we suspect.

But still, there’s a reason some of us know
for letting him speak, and it ought to be given:
Grandpa’s the last who felt rain from Heaven
before it turned to H2o.

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