dissociating

imagine if our ears were separated from

our bodies

and all our hearing was external to us

so we could hear ourselves talk too

i think i would have a different voice now

than i did in high school

external ears to not

hurt yourself under the umbrella

of a pain to keep the sad off

you could send your ears away

to stop hearing your screams

ears outside going for a walk

what if you

lost them

would our empathy be lost?

can you still hear me without your ears?