Ah yes reminds me of when I lived at first in Denmark -the change of
state/frustration of not fully understanding and the delight of being an
outlander!!!
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Subject: Tourist Bubble snap
Languageless
moving
from situation
to situation
on the basis
of visual cues,
fingerfuls
of loose change
and gooby smiling.
Everything you thought
important, everything
which defines you
as adult
has been bound up in being
understandable.
Now you're the muggins.
Almost adrift.
But for your Mastercard.
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