“Q” is the surprise letter
that seems to come from
another tongue:
most of the words
in which it appears
seem to have invited it
and its bashful low-case “U”
in for a quick drink.

When do you see “Q” without
little “U” tagging along?

Advice for “Q”
You can have a life of your own;
get out and make a place for yourself!
Be assertive; be your own sound!

Qestion
Qizzical
Qit
Qiet
Qick
Qite
Qasi
Qaker
Qality
Qantity
Qeen
Qest

Now Qatar makes sense.

“P” — pastime for the multitudes:
from joke to fetish to vegetable,
infancy to prostatitis to senility
(and what is more vegetative than senility?)
“Thus she maketh her great Ps” (Shakespeare)
“P” veers between obsession and obscurity
We all do it, have it, but nobody needs to talk about it.

So we won’t.

Advice for “P”

Focus on the good times:

Prosperity
Professional
Princely
Priceless
Poignant
Proposal
Photograph
Profit
Prophet
Prompt
Profound

Promise!

Talk about confusion

Is “O” a zero or is it a letter?
Some people stroke zero through
some people won’t.
Is “O” a moan or is it a cry?
or is it the donut or is it the hole?
in other words:
is “O” inclusive or exclusive?
does it give or take?

Opera
Operation
Open
Orphan
Orchestra
Olfactory
Offer
Offend
Ostensible
Ostrich
Oprah

Taken together, a whole lot of “O“