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The Coated Feeling of My Mouth Is

Read by Rabbi Neil Blumofe

The coated feeling of my mouth is

bitter and rancorous

Because I shout my first world

problems into the arms of depression where there’s nothing but being alone.

My mother’s feet are gashed

and burnt

while I count

up my dollars alongside my tears.

I’m not worth the

patronizing feeling

of harmonious conversation

painfully aware of my stutters and sputters

I’m nobody, who are you?

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