Your name
is malleable and
easily tongued --
against my
cheek.
Is it
not the case that --
just before --
it was ether
in the cables above
this mov
-ing
train?
Vowels get dampened
and the rest
get
stuck
between my
teeth.
I can
roll your name into
a ball
with my tongue.
Press it to the roof
of my mouth --
lull it --
around and
feel it vibrate
with a hu-umm.
Do I dare part
my lips and let it
sublimate
once again?
Bring this moment
to a
close with
an
utterance?
How oft have I
spoken it,
with sheer neglect
& ignorance
of its
taste.
Apr 21, 2017
Apr 21, 2017 at 5:47 PM UTC
Your name
is malleable and
easily tongued --
against my
cheek.
Is it
not the case that --
just before --
it was ether
in the cables above
this mov
-ing
train?
Vowels get dampened
and the rest
get
stuck
between my
teeth.
I can
roll your name into
a ball
with my tongue.
Press it to the roof
of my mouth --
lull it --
around and
feel it vibrate
with a hu-umm.
Do I dare part
my lips and let it
sublimate
once again?
Bring this moment
to a
close with
an
utterance?
How oft have I
spoken it,
with sheer neglect
& ignorance
of its
taste.
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