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"Disclosure" by Camisha L. Jones (January 2020)

Author: Camisha L. Jones

Jones, Camisha  L. “Disclosure.” Poets.Org, Academy of American Poets, 3 Jan. 2020, poets.org/poem/disclosure-0.

Academy of American Poets · Camisha L. Jones: "Disclosure"

I’m sorry, could you repeat that. I’m hard of hearing.

To the cashier

To the receptionist

To the insistent man asking directions on the street

I’m sorry, I’m hard of hearing. Could you repeat that?

At the business meeting

In the writing workshop

On the phone to make a doctor’s appointment

I’m-sorry-I’m-sorry-I’m-so-sorry-I’m-hard-for-the-hearing

Repeat.

Repeat.

Hello, my name is Sorry

To full rooms of strangers

I’m hard to hear

I vomit apologies everywhere

They fly on bat wings

towards whatever sound beckons

I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I am so, so sorry

and repeating

and not hearing

Dear (again)

I regret to inform you

I am

here

by Camisha L. Jones

Copyright © 2020 by Camisha L. Jones. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on January 3, 2020, by the Academy of American Poets.

DMU Timestamp: April 11, 2025 12:30





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