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I spent my summer learning French. How I should drop the end of words Pretend they don't exist How I should memorize the verbs Or I'll be motionless. I spent my summer learning French. I learned how the combinations of a few letters Can turn pretty And the imagery Is smooth on the tip of your rolling tongue Sliding off your lips. I spent my summer learning French. I've learned that language possesses beauty But how come When I had seen your hopeful and smiling face I could only muster out harsh sounds Hard letters Ugly words And an "It feels different." Why are these words not smooth Like the ones my lips had memorized Traced like constellations we had followed with our eyes I know how to sound beautiful So why do my words make me want to cry? I spent my summer learning French And I'm sorry I slowly forgot your face.
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Sep 22, 2013
Sep 22, 2013 at 8:07 PM UTC
I spent my summer learning french
I spent my summer learning French. How I should drop the end of words Pretend they don't exist How I should memorize the verbs Or I'll be motionless. I spent my summer learning French. I learned how the combinations of a few letters Can turn pretty And the imagery Is smooth on the tip of your rolling tongue Sliding off your lips. I spent my summer learning French. I've learned that language possesses beauty But how come When I had seen your hopeful and smiling face I could only muster out harsh sounds Hard letters Ugly words And an "It feels different." Why are these words not smooth Like the ones my lips had memorized Traced like constellations we had followed with our eyes I know how to sound beautiful So why do my words make me want to cry? I spent my summer learning French And I'm sorry I slowly forgot your face.
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Sep 22, 2013
Sep 22, 2013 at 8:07 PM UTC
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