The first sentence in the Wikipedia article on lisps is as follow: A lisp, also known as sigmatism, is a speech impediment in which a person misarticulates sibilants, I didn’t know Wikipedia had comedians.

Having a lisp is being the punchline to a joke I didn’t ask to be part of, when I introduce myself I’m a hypocrite because I have to correct others on something I can’t correct myself, I’m Sonja, not thonja even though they do sound similar.

I just think that it’s slightly sadistic that the someone decided the word lisp should have an S in it. I’m not embarrassed, I’m just sort of dissatisfied about the cards slapped into my hands. Growing up I had scoliosis and I was more afraid of the word than the s shape of my spine

I’m twenty years old and I’ve to say my own name, every time I do it comes out stuck on s, it’s like I’m constantly sending out an sos to save our speech.

It’s not just the word is it’s the word/letter ex, for x-ray ex boyfriend ex best friend none of which are something someone wants to say, thank god I was never an immigrant because Ellis island would have not been in my language for fear I’d be sent somewhere else

Tongue twisters are more like tongue bondage. The letter s has been a nemesis for so long I wouldn’t mind having a prosthesis for my tongue

I mean I guess I’m somewhat special, I draw out s in every word maybe because I love to savor the letter, the taste of is sweet, sexy, smart so many great things have the letter s in it, it’s even better if they have to so maybe I’ll stop avoiding s like schistosomiasis, and enjoy the sunshine on the coasts of San Francisco reading sonnets sipping sweet starfruit tea swiping sweat from my brow smiling at someone beside me sighing into kisses with them stringing fingers palms, sucking on popsicles smelling the chrysanthemums sleeping side by side stealing sheets speaking in dreams, signing signatures in Sanskrit. Wake my s up with espresso every steamy morning and speak to me in whispers while the door squeaks open and our silky cat slithers in stealthily. S or no S my speech is savage and my 2017 resolutions is stop skipping s and taste it daily, savor it like expensive sushi soaked in soy sauce. Sign language speaks no sounds like s, so hear this. Sonja Elise will stop skipping s the first second of 2017 and isn’t sorry.