Lingua franca is the language of strangers becoming temporary friends, of orders given and understood without loyalty, of survival dressed in a few hundred words.
Lingua franca is the tongue of the in-between — the airport lounge, the trade route, the broken elevator, the help desk at three a.m., the peace treaty signed in a borrowed alphabet. lingua franca
Here’s a short piece titled — written as a reflective prose poem. Lingua Franca Lingua franca is the language of strangers becoming