Not quite an impediment, Seldom a detriment Just a self-conscious Propensity to Pensively reconsider Each word that I choose Like anomic aphasia But undiagnosed When I can’t comprehend Even thought’s innermost Best syntactic formation Dictates fluctuation And makes me some ramble-on, Scrambling to find What I even intended to say Half the time And then oh! There it is Where I’m going with this Yes a piece about speech And the topics it shifts