silenced will

Do not use these words I do not understand,
for although I am educated,
my vocabulary is limited,
and my dictionary sleeps shut
on a shelf in the other room.

Closed minded,
strong willed,
fenced off;
from what is current -
what is now -
what is new -
what is -
today.

Never changing with the times,
left ignorant and
unammended,
copyrighted in 1958
and
left a lone,
to aquire
dust

and

shelf ware.