Speak

dangle a rope over a page.

watch the words:

frantic fumbling,

desperate clinging.

see them heave,

wrench the rope—

catch yourself

before they pull you off your feet.

see the words.

slithering,

writhing up rope,

up hand up wrist—

coiling around your arm.

sliding up your neck.

feel the words—

brushing across your lips

leaving a tingle,

an electric thrill.

breathe the words into heaving lungs

and let them flow from blood to brain—

desperate to be known.

Do you know the words?

Speak.

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