i bit my tongue over and over and over again
i do not try to still my shaking.
don’t try to hold together my vibrating big toe
as it presses the gas peddle
or quiet the tremor in my elbows as they
connect down to the steering wheel
i let the Body pulse and quiver and tremble with
all the words it does not say
all the sounds it does not shout
my tongue sucks to the roof of its mouth
and all the teeth clack as much as they want to
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I love how you have made your body a separate entity from your inner self, and let it express what the you cannot seem to. Very evocative!!
your writing is so intense and bodily