the_best_kind
raze
i
cut
the
ass
off
the
end
of
a
page
torn
from
a
legal
pad using
child
-proof
scissors
to
make
it
the
same
size
as
all
the
other
underlings.
she
gives
me
half
an
hour
to
write
an
essay
in
french
about
one
of
my
favourite
things
.
i
have
no
pocket
dictionary
to
guide
me
.
no
knowledge
to
lean
on
.
i
can
read
the
words
of
others
.
i
can
say
them
out
loud
just
the
way
they
want
to
be
heard
.
but
i
could
never
mark
my
mind
with
the
mechanics
of
the
language
.
i'm
lost
in
a
sea
of
sound
that
means
nothing
to
me
.
all
i
can
come
up
with
is
a
title
that
curves
back
into
my
mother
tongue
as
soon
as
it
finds
its
feet
: "le meilleur
kind
".
the
best
kind
.
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