Two Deaf Girls Walking Under Clouds

James Michael Robbins

Their hands are stories in the making,
intent on showing what voices could only tell.
The medium allows few interruptions--
they are immune to the throttling clash of traffic,
the insistent driver's suggestive horn,
the passing stereo cranked to cacophony.

For a moment, I believe them blessed,
angels spared the fate of Babel. Then

comes the rumbled portent of rain.

 

 

 

 

 

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