Days of Wonder – Meditations by Deborah Loesch Griffin
October 4, 2022 - Day 20 of Wonder
Alone
Alone
And yet all around
are people, tongues
in motion, rolling Rs
and spitting Ps,
separating breath
and tongue, with vowels.
It’s a panel...
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