mouse
what happens when your voice dies
before it leaves your lips?
what do you do with words that carve
tombstone plots out of the crackling
flesh of a dry tongue?
where do the words go
when they leave me?
do they stay embossed on my tongue,
or do they evaporate;
rising to the sky
with the rest of the world's particles -
only to appear again
when the sky sobs
hurling teardrops,
and maybe unspoken words,
deep into the gray pavement.
wherever and hereafter more,
i will never speak louder
than this bubbling rainstorm.
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