The Alphabet

I wrote this poem back in February after reading about the ancient Egyptian language:

Hieroglyphics

Like a slave, you read it

But I feed it

To you like an Egyptian

No way to eat it

Characters of the TOO many

So I rebus you tourist back to the foundation

Look...then sound it out

If only it were that simple

The modern type makes things that way

But really it's a puzzle

So complex

Makes one vexed

Put on your thinkin' cap

Use that hex-a-gonal sense

It's a trip

Let's take this ride

Nah, let's go home

First, get the key

Now we can roam back to 1799

Take this expedition

'Til we find Rosetta Stone