from "Glossolalia"
John Findura

Ah, my legs had disappeared
into a pack of squirrels

and by that I mean
something incomprehensible


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Of course I will not
be able to stand

and there aren't really any squirrels


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Although that was not the message
it comes damn close -- just replace
the words with other words


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No, I don't know which


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I learned to communicate over years
so I could eventually speak in codes.

You never learned the code. I pretend
to know it and speak it with other liars.


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I don't think anyone knows the code so
there are messages bouncing around
that are undecipherable


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These are like seeds falling on concrete
but invisible and silent