The words fail, disintegrate,
Won't spell right, until
Someone from elsewhere recognises them
But says they are anachronisms
No longer used, but then
Someone else familiar with another tongue
Says they are words from the future
In the language they know,
And neither can be convinced to shift
Their opinion, their claim, their assertion,
And so, words fail.
But not in any meaningful
Or unretrievable sense,
Somewhere.