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My Mouth Doesn'T Fit On These Words

My mouth doesn’t fit on these words Yet I swallow them reluctantly A loose fit, if any, makes up for lost time And a corruption in my stomach is so appropriate She writes better than me I’m more clever than she And the words sit to spoil my appetite Never leaving, never heaving My mouth doesn’t fit on these words Shall I adjust my lips to this toxic text?

Copyright © | Year Posted 2005




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