What are you saying, Correctly, did I hear? Are you speaki...

What are you saying,

Correctly, did I hear?

Are you speaking English?

Your words are unclear.

They swim in my mind,

I can hear your words;

Comprehension is different,

Though, from only being heard.

If I understood you

If that all made sense,

Then maybe I'd seem

Just a little less dense.

But, just as it is,

I cannot reply;

'Cause the thoughts in your head,

Don't make sense in mine.

Disponível em: https://allpoetry.com. Acesso em: 31 out. 2019.

O eu lírico, ao reportar-se a um falante cuja língua materna não é o inglês,