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I trained myself deliberately. Two, three hours would go by and I had not said a word

Except to question. People don’t want to hear what you have to say, only to hear their own voice speaking. Make eye contact, nod, clarify. I learned it well.

And the thing that allows you to share yourself with another was crippled, atrophied. I compensated with the muscle that evades.

I lost sleep, changed plans, listened. And felt briefly valuable. Their alleviated minds quickly forgot me.

I never dreamed someone would want to know me. Never recognized my disability.

Lame, will I dance?