Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

Reminder To Keep My Mouth Shut

I should not have said anything
But I did
And now it is coming back
To kick my petootsie
To eat my heart up
To constipate my liver

I should not have said anything
Why can I not control this mouth?
When she opened I knew
And yet
I let it happen
This is on me.

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Kim Rodrigues October 11, 2021 at 4:46 PM Yup! Been there! Caren Krutsinger October 12, 2021 at 12:01 AM I am still trying not to think of it.

Gershon Wolf October 11, 2021 at 1:12 PM Always a good question... After the fact answers aren't much help either, unless it helps close the old trap... Caren Krutsinger October 12, 2021 at 12:02 AM I can do so well for so long and then bam....there it goes again, that ready-to-put-a-foot-in-it mouth.

L Milton Hankins October 11, 2021 at 9:03 AM Oh, MG, how I know the feeling. I have written poems (venting kinds of things) and wished a million times I hadn't. Then I look and 50 people read it...and I'm wondering what they think of me. Then, I say to myself, "Hey, let them think what they want to, I had to say my piece!" It happens to all of us, Caren. Caren Krutsinger October 11, 2021 at 10:19 AM It is something I could not seem to stop - I knew better WHILE I was doing it!