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Shhhh: An Aural History How I’ve Spent My Years

Singing.
Humming.
Tippy tapping
Sighing.
Oh my-ing.
Chitty chatting.

Blah blah blah-ing.
Ooh la la-ing.
Swooning.
Crooning.
Toodle-ooh-ing.

Snitty snitching.
diphthong hitching.
Moooooaaaaaaaning.
Harumphing.
Muttering something.

In vocal bliss
I somehow miss
the cloth to which
all sounds are stitched
and practice
oral violence.

Broken now,
I lean toward

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