By Tom McKelvey
Date: 3 February 1999

Deaf Eyes

Furious prose tears itself from her fingers, as she signs to her friend.
While I watch in amazement from my seat on the subway, words fly invisible
but beautiful, like butterflies in flight, floating effortlessly. The silky
flash of fingernails signal, to a silent world. Shouting to our deaf eyes
"I am!". I wish I knew the words she throws, passionately, into the world.


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