Unlearn

Back then, being schooled,
I enthusiastically hogged on letters,
Rolled them into words with my tongue,
Swallowed them properly to form sentences, while tripping down my throat,
Till they finally settled down and were digested in my stomach.
This, to me they said, was growing up.
Now, they say, it is done,
Am braving indigestion, burping out sentences,
Trying to bite them into [...]