Hearing Their Talking

It was so easy to appreciate;
but so hard to explain
No, no, scratch that,
the other way around

Deaf children speaking;
sharing, laughing, learning,
becoming friends with peers
without touching, without turning
to read lips, watch signing
without physical prompts
reacting to the words,
speaking their own
without that singular sound
the telltale sounds

If I didn’t know,
I wouldn’t have known
they were deaf
And that is what it is all about
because they can speak,
they can hear,
they can learn, share, play
laugh together
and they do
each day

November 28, 2006 22:50
Hear in New Hampshire
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