yoko meshi

yoko meshi (df): the peculiar stress of speaking a foreign language

I speak silent fluently

always have been

I can perfectly time

intervals between

blinking

looking down

walking away

and then

- being silent again

I have experience

in not saying

certain words

out loud

and not answering

questions

you stare at me

and don't want to

give up

I roll my eyes

I open my mouth

but all that

comes out

is just

a very distant

and weak

white noise

...