Speak (2004)
After a blurred trauma over the summer, Melinda enters high school a selective mute. Struggling with school, friends, and family, she tells the dark tale of her experiences, and why she has chosen not to Speak. (2004)
FROG EYES
this school's a box
with the lid blown off
with the lid blown off
the trees are awake, empty
sky, a white soft sheet
the ground, confused,
sky, a white soft sheet
the ground, confused,
offering up a last new flat
of lush
of lush
green buds
to crush
paper leaves
to crush
paper leaves
sifting light over my scoop feet
a pattern
to eat,
a pattern
to eat,
or slide
beneath
like an earwig, flat
beneath
like an earwig, flat
nuzzling my face
into black street
into black street
* * * * *BABIES
