A Foreign Body

Purse your lips
As you swing your hips
But don't swing your hips too high
Unpurse your lips so that you can scream
When your hip hits you in the eye
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Wolf Avatar
March 3, 2023 at 2:00 PM
Well, I'll unpurse my lips, so that I won't become one of those 'hip-eyes!' lol.
Buhagiar Avatar
February 26, 2023 at 1:58 AM
Original idea for a poem Shirley. Thanks for reading my last poem.
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