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s t u t t e r

you wince 

as you stutter through words

I've already heard in your-

art

immortalized in charcoal,

easy lines holding words

to poems unspoken but sung

on heavy paper pages

you wince

as you stutter through words

I've already heard in your-

eyes,

wide brown eyes

that hold more than words

but less than actions,

they're bright and dark

with old starlight

dancing behind them,

waiting to tell stories

if you simply look

you wince

as you stutter through words

I've already heard in your-

laugh,

high and hiccuping

or soft and light,

and that laugh

bends in the air around us

and I feel more at home

than in the pages

of a book well-loved

you wince

as you stutter through words

I've already heard in-

you