Gadling Poetry

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lyrics:
I am learning spanish
Primarily for work, i have a large
Spanish speaking client base and I want
To do better than google translate and charades

I am also, stupid charismatic
So language is easy for me to charm
My way though fu***ng up too badly

This is important, as a guest once
Heard me practicing
And excitedly proclaimed,
I DID NOT KNOW YOU WERE BILINGUAL

And i had to stop them,
because, i am not
In my opinion, bilingual

I pick up language, like a child with legos
Im building tools to try and
Help me communicate my intentions
Im passingly fluent in ASL
I fake my way through small spanish conversations
Last month, i started Japanese, and hiragana is starting to make sense

Duo the owl loves and hates me
Watches me power though 6 units in a day
And then disappear for a month as my life
Catches fire
And i burn up all my words
As fuel

Im learning language to try and find
The right way to speak my truth
To make sense of the things
Echoing around my body

The word for dirty
In Japanese
Is kitani
I hear it as i walk the rooms
Of my depression strewn home

Somewhere in these words
I can see parts of myself
Coming together

Hoy estoy cansado
Today, I am tired

Somewhere in the language
There is a key
To unlock this door

In asl, you put your hand, in front of your face
And gesture to your whole being
To indicate beauty

I am searching inside
All this language to find the way
To say it from my chest

Watashi wa koko ni imasu
yo soy aquí
I am here