Press released

The printing press, long before the bit

Showed how Guttenberg’s brainwave

And Caxton’s new-found power of voice

Formed a new language, for a new age

 

The great vowel shift, was in full flux

Which helped craft such bad spellings

Scared the ‘h’ into ghosts and ghouls, these fools

Just to keep existing patterns propelling

 

Democratizing knowledge with books

But only using the chancery standard

The King’s English in print, gave more than a hint

That they would soon, kill off most of our language

 

A snapshot of one man’s lexicon, on one day

And how well-crafted words, can be wiped

With a fresh typeface, in an upper-case

Unphased by new cliches, and stereotypes