My every breath
An inspiration—
Breathlessness
My deathtination.
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Peggy Landsman writes: “About ‘Speech Impediment’: Need I say more?”
Peggy Landsman is the author of the full-length poetry collection, Too Much World, Not Enough Chocolate (Nightingale & Sparrow Press, 2023), and two poetry chapbooks, Our Words, Our Worlds (Kelsay Books, 2021) and To-wit To-woo (Foothills Publishing, 2008). She lives in South Florida where she swims in the warm Atlantic Ocean every chance she gets. ‘Speech Impediment’ was originally published in The Lyric, and a selection of her poems and prose pieces can be read on her website: https://peggylandsman.wordpress.com/
“Breathless” by eeblet is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
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