The book I read <br />to her <br /> <br />back in the summer <br />of then <br />when she was ten <br /> <br />She now reads <br />to her own little boy. <br /> <br />“This book <br />was always your voice.” <br /> <br />“I can only hear it <br />in your voice.” <br />”How I clung <br />to every word <br />every pause! ” <br />You were <br />such a nice man. <br /> <br />You made me like men. <br />I didn’t ‘til then. <br /> <br />I laugh. <br /> <br />Listen to her read <br />to her little boy <br />in my voice.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-book-in-my-voice/
