Tongue Ties

20 Elena Alexander Tongue Ties ? We are continental driftatomic speech particlesSyntax blown milkweedian Timbres split 'n' splinter Shift tactics Say: Words extinguished one placeFlare up in anotherExcite language open as in Mother's mother's "Oorlog" became my"War" Century old kismet changed the way I wear my verbs Mama-Dutch low couture for poetry Ja ofnee?Should I be grateful? Yiddish kid on patri side Ass/hymn/elation Most words a paternity So nu? Lips brushed ears shiny Sounds meant as secrets conceived love of lingosongs IncurableOsmoticEvery thing translates en passant Mind to pen to mouth to ear to heartFuse II Write in marginsDon't live in 'em Mute in shoot-'em-up U.S.A. There Alexander 21 stanza flagall citizenizedRead salud left to rightSez who? Spectacular vernacular Tops Charts in Land o' Pop eye/Tarts/up-toasters America is what happened when Europe opened the cageScaly hands weighed dark skin Land of free Speechcosts dear home of dead braves WE ARE WHERE?Rusted wordedge corporatease arid greedspeak vastland Be waryX IT Bare exploding polyverse like teethPiece the shattered voice to page the heartSing leafy green linguakeeningCommit words/trees/onSporeFlower Blow ...