“You were a stutterer? Couldn't get a word out.”

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When I was a child, I had a terrible stutter.

And I was so embarrassed by it

That I rarely spoke in class.

You were a stutterer? Couldn't get a word out.

Needless to say I was the object of some ridicule.

Because of my reticence, they assumed I was stupid,

And the massachusetts public school system

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