Cruel words

Early on

 When I was young

Teachers would

 Ask me to speak

Quickly then

 All would hear

That I

 Mispronounced my words

Some didn’t

 Think it real

Others just

 Pointed and mocked

Quickly I

 Tried not to speak

And learned

 To hate reading out loud

Doctors worked

 For many long years

Till I

 Could be understood

Memory lingers

 And still it is

Very hard

 To read out loud

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