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The Speech MAG

April 23, 2010
By Carolina Downey BRONZE, Chalfont, Pennsylvania
Carolina Downey BRONZE, Chalfont, Pennsylvania
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at times i
think my throat has
been
overtaken

by rust
and my voice
pours
out

flecked
with orange, harsh and discordant
vocal cords
crusted

over.
it
could be that my
rib cage is imprisoning a
cackling, croaking

bird, a crow or a raven, better
yet,

a
magpie

that steals my
words and hoards them.
i
drown

in my voice

you drown in

my voice.


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