plosives were lined up ahead of me like landmines. I was already struggling with pirate. Bribe would surely be unconquerable. I’d sink into my speaking as if it were quicksand,
This is exactly what happens... you get so in your own head you start hearing yourself speak before you say anything and start second guessing and editing before it even comes out and everything spirals. Your tangled words get more and more tangled until you almost wanna give up speaking altogether
