The Mute Barrens

Language, regardless
Of medium, is

All interior,
Which is why to rip

Opportunity
To speak from someone

Is to slam the door
On whatever chance

They had to invite
Anyone else in,

To prove that they had
An interior.

A human without
An interior

Can’t be a person,
And other humans

All damn well know it.
Live inside someone’s

Language and become
Partly that person.

Refuse them language,
Refuse to see them

Or listen, and gain
Wastelands at the cost

Of your own mental
Depopulation.