by Nathan Goldman

Created on: May 11, 2009

Can you hear the people sing?
Well, pretend you can't.
Pretend someone tore out your eardrums and cut out your tongue.
A day in the life is staring at flapping lips and angry eyes,
watching hands day after day proclaim:

LEARN THEIR LANGUAGE
LEARN THEIR LANGUAGE
YOU HAVE NO TONGUE
BUT YOU MUST SING

Wouldn't you get tired?
Wouldn't you envision standing up,
reaching out,
signing SHUT UP,
tearing out eardrums,
and cutting out tongues, saying,

LEARN THEIR LANGUAGE?
WHY DON'T THEY LEARN MINE?

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