pericope

a restless night

losing sleep

all because

i was called to be the reader

in class

silly

i read all of the time

to myself

but in a microphone

looking up references

for the instructor

seems different

i'm not scared

just a little self-conscious

but then again

that word SELF

can really be a hurdle

so, i read

it wasn't perfect

just like me

but then again

it was plenty good

and, it looks like i'll be reading

again next week

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