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immigrant tongue

immigrant tongue

March 22, 2015 / The Wombwell Rainbow / Leave a comment

closed mouths
 welcome occupation
 of tongue by tongue
 gypsy together

 into each private space

 breathes, ripens
 restless unsettling in

 make a home in us
 shape our tongue
 their tongue entwines
 with ours

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