sleight of mouth

poetry

and i talked
and talked
and talked;
i couldn’t stop,
lest everyone see
how incompetent
i felt myself to be,
covering it over
in misdirection
and subterfuge,
hoping to fool all of you.

5 thoughts on “sleight of mouth

  1. Jared Abraham's avatar

    thanks; those thoughts all came from my brit lit class in which i never feel like i have the faintest idea of what i’m talking about.

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