I look between these open eyes And try to find the time to recognize The words unspoken, thoughts provoked In defense of my fragile open mind So I caught the words I thought I'd heard to be accaeptable Reeled 'em in, changed 'em up real good Just to form the syllables Too slowly Shake this folly off Take this sorry offering Of antiquated phrases And I'll feel better when the brazen words of understated speech Cease And these brows are furrowed fists are clenched And eyes wide open in awkward suspense So I blink three times Breathe the lines I recited to myself, memorized But I caught the words I thought I'd heard to be acceptable Reeled 'em in, changed 'em up real good Just to form the syllables Too slowly Shake this folly off Take this sorry offering Of antiquated phrases But I'll feel better when the brazen Words of understated speech Cease