plein [Y] — (viii)

                         ok
let’s be serious
that’s not how i learn

asking me to repeat
until i know it solid
          a phrase

it’s like
asking a dog
                    to sing

i need to use the words
in reality
a genuine act

ho ho ho
all the world’s a stage
          but
               here
                    yes

i want to learn your language
your headspace homeland
                         you

if we’re going to stick
which feels now
like throwing a five & a six
               with die loaded
                         for twos

i have to know why
you put up with
my stupidity
my horrible habits
the kind of thing
     that’d make
          the average rat
               dive into
                    a snake’s
                         jaw

    its      open      jaw


isn’t
the letter j
beautiful

the curve
          the curve
the letter j

beautiful

     j

               beautiful



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