A lot to work with
I remember asking you to read my writing
and your face twisted to form a question
why would I do that when I could just get to know you?
because there are things that cannot roll off my tongue
because there are parts of me my voice is not strong enough to hold
in a single conscious stream
without pausing and without it hurting
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