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Train Go Sorry

by Peer G. Dudda

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Part I

Train go sorry
I missed the boat
Your silence
Silenced me

You gave me a voice
And I spoke for you
For twelve years, my hands were
Kept still by ignorance

When they danced
You looked away
You missed the boat
Train go sorry

Part II

I missed the boat
Train go sorry
You gave me words
My hands danced

Twelve years of ignorance
Not quickly washed away
I had another voice
A tie to family

I spoke of home
You looked away
Train go sorry
You missed the boat

Peer G. Dudda is a hard-of-hearing gay immigrant who lives with his partner in a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA). He works in technical support, and enjoys travel and attending science fiction conventions. Train Go Sorry is his first sale.

Video by David Charles Cummer