MY VOICE

LISTEN CLOSE
AND YOU WILL HEAR ME SPEAKING
MY HANDS ARE MY VOICE
MY POINTER MY TONGUE
THE VIBRATIONS OF SOUND
REVERBERATING FROM
MY MOTHERS MOUTH
A SURROGATE FOR MY OWN
IMPOTENT VOCAL CHORDS
NO LESS MY VOICE
HEAR ME PLEASE
HEAR CRYING AND LAUGHING AND
SYMPATHY AND CURIOSITY
SADNESS AND JOY
ANGER AND FEAR AND LONGING
AMAZEMENT AND RECOGNITION
AND LOVE AND BOREDOM
SECRETS AND GOSSIP TOO
HEAR EACH WHISPER
HEAR ME SCREAM
AND KNOW THAT I AM LISTENING TO YOU