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We Play Charades
- The Massachusetts Review
- Massachusetts Review, Inc.
- Volume 62, Number 1, Spring 2021
- p. 95
- 10.1353/mar.2021.0015
- Article
- Additional Information
Abstract:
My first instinct is to translate / the word. Make it easier to understand / without saying the word itself. / I feel guilt for this mistake—/ for changing languages instead / of describing. Isn’t his an easy way out? / My mother and I are playing charades / alone. We make this mistake over & / over, our tongues / too quick to learn. After all, / isn’t this what we are used to? […]