s-s-sometimes
i hear terrified winds of
stuttering children
s-s-suffering around the world
ā¦ch-ch-choppy bits of unborn
heartbeats
which should have pattered
like tinkly tambourinesā¦
if only
they had had the
chance
to playā¦
stac-ca-toes
of
young
voice-
es
pre-tend-
ing
with
mach-ine
guns
and
i-i-iām Ā too y-y-young Ā to d-d-die
su-i-cide
lisps
Wh-wh-when is recess
o-o-over?
my f-f-foot
steps
st-st-stutter
fuh
fuh
fuh-
alter
t-t- t
ā¦rip
over
dirty mounds
of too-soon-to-be-toddlerās
arms
s-s-surrounded by circles of
snake fangs
curled into
false lips,
hissing
cruel wordsā¦
creating
cruel worlds
where
death-threats hang
from online billboards,
and countriesā eyes glow
red with
blood-wine
hate,
where
ch-ch-children
are slashed into p-p-puzzle-pieces
fitting neatly into governmental
boxes
where toddlersā arms
are planted like suicide-seeds
to feed hungry gods.
aborted lives in wombsā¦
kindergarten tombsā¦
where children learn how to die
sometimes my footsteps st-st-stutter.
sometimes my heart
f-f-forgets
to
beat.
Moccasins at Meadow Arc 
Very powerful and inspired. I’m in the presence of greatness reading this.
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And again, this is amazing. Publishable. Just wow lady!
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Thanks so much … thinkin about trying spoken word:)
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I’m there! Although my jet is out of fuel, so may have to attend next reading. š
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:).. awesome encouragement… I was very upset when I wrote it… so it just kind of happened.. my daughter heard it and said ” this is really good… would you consider entering it in a spoken word contest?”… I told her I would if she would perform instead of me:)..she polished it as well.. thanks for ur encouragement … off to see what I’ve been up to on ur site
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Well I would say your daughter has inherited some grand wordsmith genes if she is a fan! Yes make her stand up and perform it – then you sit with the audience and gauge their reaction. Because any empathetic listener should be transfixed. Awesome piece again.
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Means much as I love ur poetry…
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Beaming here, have a charmed evening.
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U too:)
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You’ve been up to… not I
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