4

          sometimes she gets so eager to talk

her mind keeps spinning
               she can say it better

     say it better
     say it more
     different things
          beautiful and funny
from her world
     that perhaps all those busy men can’t see

but that hot ball of speech
          like always
can never be forced up her throat
     remains there burning


sometimes they seem to be looking
straight at her
     so she pretends she knows what      
     to do in their world

flicking thru a book
     or looking around like she’s waiting for someone
hoping to avoid their accusations
               suspicions

she gets out of it cleanly
          most of the time
and can get back to looking out at that bright noisy world
a tourist with no voice
smiling almost at the people that move by her