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Communication
October 6, 2014
We didn’t speak
The way in which you’d think.
Our cheekbones rose,
But not for words.
Our lips parted,
But not to speak
Our eyes did not glisten
As they once did.
Instead they mourn
Our native language.
Our silent tongue
Became an ellipsis
In the book of us.
© Samantha A., Southbury, CT
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