Gail Calmer

4407 14^th St.

Rock Island, Ill.

            61201

MS. contains

a poem of

14 lines

 Word to the Wise

You must be wise

            I ventured.

But word apon word

            Building what?

Who listens?

            Everybody speaks.

Who cares what

            You express?

The child with

            Gray eyes

May stand transfixed

            While you explain.

You may have him

            To echo your spent dream.