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March Poem

  • c.allison Devesly
  • Mar 11, 2023
  • 1 min read

The words don't come easily,

They stick, catch, click

In my throat–


As if my trachea has closed.

Allowing no air to escape–

A suffocation of self.


Then air rushes forth,

The letters form,

Emanating from me in

A rush of sounds.


Sometimes I sound–

A record skipping–

Repetitively trapped on

The beginning of a word,

Unable to move forth,

The next sound trapped behind

The first, pushing

On it, unable to wait.


My face flushed

Reddened by the years

Of laughter and humiliation,

Of ridicule and mockery.

Derision peppering as comedy–


Of Porky Pig and Did I stutter?





Les mots ne viennent pas facilement,

Ils collent, attrapent, cliquent

Dans ma gorge–


Comme si ma trachée s'était refermée.

Ne laissant aucun air s'échapper–

Une suffocation de soi.


Puis l'air s'engouffre,

Les lettres forment,

Émanant de moi dans

Une ruée vers les sons.


Parfois je sonne–

Un record qui saute–

Pris au piège de manière répétitive

Le début d'un mot,

Incapable d'avancer,

Le prochain son piégé derrière

Le premier, poussant

Là-dessus, incapable d'attendre.


Mon visage a rougi

Rougi par les années

De rire et d'humiliation,

Du ridicule et de la moquerie.

La dérision poivrée comme comédie–


De Porky Pig et Ai-je bégayé ?

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