JUST WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING @?

Is there any explan@ion,
Why a with t turned into @?
It looks like it should mean 'a c',
Or 'c a', but it isn't th@.

@ first I found the @ quite weird,
But its curliness is so gre@,
That I keep slipping @ in words,
For @'s ne@ to communic@e.

@ has such vers@ility.
Let's have an @ celebr@ion,
You can centre it in a b@h,
Or use it for constip@ion.

So please take your h@ off to @,
If you don't have a h@, th@'s fine,
But if your head has dirt p@ches,
W@ch it; you're not borrowing mine.

27 July 2006