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"Listen to her read poems in French." *Is this too specific? I simply want to hear her voice.* Resting my head on your lap was magic, Listening to all your syllables And silent letters. Watching your lips So carefully as you tongued The notes of a forgotten poem. You turned words that I can read into The song of a choir And the language of romance, I could hear Camus and Descartes In your voice, I could hear the timbre of your tongue Embody the tortured author's pleas. I could hear your voice And watch you make art With lips so red from kissing. And I fell in love with it. "Listen to her read poems in French." Has been amended to "Listen to her speak."
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Mar 5, 2018
Mar 5, 2018 at 2:57 AM UTC
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"Listen to her read poems in French." *Is this too specific? I simply want to hear her voice.* Resting my head on your lap was magic, Listening to all your syllables And silent letters. Watching your lips So carefully as you tongued The notes of a forgotten poem. You turned words that I can read into The song of a choir And the language of romance, I could hear Camus and Descartes In your voice, I could hear the timbre of your tongue Embody the tortured author's pleas. I could hear your voice And watch you make art With lips so red from kissing. And I fell in love with it. "Listen to her read poems in French." Has been amended to "Listen to her speak."
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Mar 5, 2018
Mar 5, 2018 at 2:57 AM UTC
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