teratogen:: agents that interfere with normal embryonic
development//alcohol or thalidomide or X-rays or rubella will do it....
. . . . . . .<xy markz the damaged spo[r]t>
mute::a deaf person, unable to speak//a device used to soften the tone of a
instrument//to deaden (a sound or noise), mostly by wrapping//quieten or
silence [a sound] or make [an image] less visible//expressed without
speech; especially because words would be inappropriate or inadequate or
inappropriate or noisy//lacking power of speech//unable to speak//
/ / / / / /<xx? as in wot is the reason?>
tongueless::lacking a tongue//lacking power of speech//just lacking
- - - - -<[xy]z zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz in2 oblivion>
wordless::expressed without speech; would words would be inappropriate or
inadequate? ask someone who knows....
__________________________________________________________[xx]_______
<x markz the damage spot><a balance of colliding foaming forms><mutated
mouthz moving thru shockshapes><a girl stopped><broadbanned via suffocating
silencez><restitched N sunk in2 flattened form[ulation type=xyz]s>
__________________________________________________________[xy]_______
<y? as in wot is the reason?><a cold caulish beginning><words that hinder n
heal><slack-jawed N overwrought><a pig-blooded clone flood><small arms on
jumpers N a fit of desires float down the silted social channels><net
spitting in2 urself>
__________________________________________________________[xxyz]______
<z zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz in2 oblivion><a dream of mute><being
aware><lucidity required><steps awry><can't wake can't wake can't
wake><waking in2 dreamstates><try to drown><everthing is real><try to wake
again><a lover, concussed N in fear, hands ova mouth N nose><my mouth
stitched closed>
[-z]----------------------------------------------------------------
>birdz in the backyard sing<>stretches of birds that fragment
flitter<>rogue doggish movements in my mouth, words start<
[-y]----------------------------------------------------------------
>birds again, brown bodied and feather voiced<>twitchin N diving<>4wheeled
drivah breaking traffic ranks<>whizzing n flashes n blossomz<
[-z]----------------------------------------------------------------
>hands nestle round a rusted chain<>ghost lovers at my door,
talking<>b-loveds beckon songz<>wrapping meme.oried wayz in2 the now<
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++[xyz]+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|cardboard boxes flap like lips cut open||highwayz edged with guilt tinged
wrecks, cars x[yz]-ploded in whineing haste N hurry||crushed birds minus
sounds plus cartoon flattened bones n beaks||random paint-stretchmark the
road in red||
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data]h![bleede-inge un.till it hertz
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wollongong.starway.net.au/~mezandwalt
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