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It Be Yer Wurds

by Robin Lipinski


"It ain't fair..."
(slap)
Example of execution by an institution of education,
only, who learns?

Cut in two, to the quick, too much to be...
(adjusting for third dimensional logic, taking into consideration: air diaphragm modulating:
testing: 1, 2, 3...

I, words of yours, yours, yours I speak.
Frothy expletives, boiling pressure, communicating with smells,
with looks,
with vibrations.
sensory tribute to that, that, that, (unable).

Trouble with your species, I see trouble, trouble, trouble, trying to try, to explain, (unable)
Body, this hollow shell, this heat/cold, gravity, (unable)

Listen: I speak.
You human, your pride, you're full of, of, of, "words."

Listen to, to, to, "my" language.
Read between, between, between, lines.

... ... 0 . 0 ... . .. ... 0
0 .. 00 .
. 0 .

Why? little Human, why can see you not, I?

Time fold closing, closing, closing,
know now,
very,
very,
time,
litt...... 0 .. 0


© 2012 Robin Lipinski

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