She is Learning
I turned around
and silence
was like a
thick fog
in the night
it smelled
of freshly
raked autumn leaves
silence slid
across my tongue
covering my
mash potato thoughts
with riverlets of gravy
i grabbed tightly
to the reins of
soundless
as the wild horses
strained to train
my desire to speak
and tame me into
an unadulterated
listener
for silence
comes
from the conjugation
of today I don't speak
yesterday I didn't speak
tomorrow I won't speak
silence smiles
"she is learning"
and silence
was like a
thick fog
in the night
it smelled
of freshly
raked autumn leaves
silence slid
across my tongue
covering my
mash potato thoughts
with riverlets of gravy
i grabbed tightly
to the reins of
soundless
as the wild horses
strained to train
my desire to speak
and tame me into
an unadulterated
listener
for silence
comes
from the conjugation
of today I don't speak
yesterday I didn't speak
tomorrow I won't speak
silence smiles
"she is learning"
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