What are you saying,
Correctly, did I hear?
Are you speaking English?
Your words are unclear.
They swim in my mind,
I can hear your words;
Comprehension is different,
Though, from only being heard.
If I understood you
If that all made sense,
Then maybe I'd seem
Just a little less dense.
But, just as it is,
I cannot reply;
'Cause the thoughts in your head,
Don't make sense in mine.
Disponível em: https://allpoetry.com. Acesso em: 31 out. 2019.
O eu lírico, ao reportar-se a um falante cuja língua materna não é o inglês,
