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this. is. his. voice.

stil. ted. stut. ters.
that. pass. from. his.
at. ro. phied. mouth.
and. make. their. way.
to. oth. ers. to.
those. who. can. make.
out. the. lack. of.
dips. and. shal. lows.
make. sense. of. the.
mo. no. tone. of.
speech. those. who. can.
al. ways. laugh. at.
the. boy. who. learnt.
to. speak. (or. not.)
from. a. text. book.

this. is. the. boy.
these. are. his. words.
said. care. ful. ly.
in. ro. bot. ics.
the. lips. form. ing.
stiff. met. al. sounds.

‘how. do. you. do.’
he. asks. wat. ching.
me. re. pea. ting.
even. af. ter. I.
say. ‘Fine, thank you.
And you?’

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