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Sticks and Stones

Oh words how you betray me, What hateful things you say, was there call to be so blunt? Was their not another way? How softly you fell from there lips But with a deadly aim, Oh words how we distort you To heighten others Pain, Oh words how you do penetrate, how cruel and how unfair to find your way into my heart and create a Poison there, You should never have said that! you cant take it back, The nouns and vowels still ringing in my ear, You should never have said that! You have made yourself to me unclear, Oh words how we mistreat you To fill you with such spite To throw you like missiles To spit you out in fight You should never have said that! I should never have heard If you've nothing kind to say Please, not another word.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2007




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