[mah-mee-lah-pin-yah-tah-pie] 1. a look shared by two people who both wish to initiate something but who are both reluctant to suggest or offer themselves; 2. considered one of the most difficult words to translate succinctly; 3. I am head over heels in love with this word.
I am a clumsy flamingo
A Clumsy Flamingo (aka, Me)
when You are
not here I am
missing a critical
part of my equation
something so basic
I only notice gone
when You are far
I am missing
a vital part of my
whole the contours
of Your profile have
been carved so
precisely to my
own when You
are not here I am
a clumsy flamingo
trying hard to stand
gracefully on one leg
when You are not
here I cannot do it
I feel a break —
an abiding ache
Out of bed but
not awake — a
fool and a fake.
Author: Filipe
I love language and spirituality. I also love education, technology and design. My favorite topics of conversation revolve around theology, poetry, linguistics, rhetoric, World Englishes, chinchillas, second language writing, how to kill a plant in 10 days, etc. I was a language teacher and now I build language learning products by day. I am an interpretive mind-dancer by night. I live in China.
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