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Return of the Cunning Linguist

People raise your 
glasses up as I 
propose a toast, for 
spittin thangs that 
do spit flame and 
grab ahold of folks,

with 2 hands open 
wide and poised to 
grab and hold ya 
throat, this peanut 
butter flow is hard 
to swallow; hope 
you choke.

I'm light years in the 
distance to a 
mental place I sit, 
and buggin cause 
my brain's been on 
a mental Matrix tip,

don't need to use 
an airport, close my 
eyes and take a 
trip, I hear the 
people talk but aint 
nobody sayin spit.

I gotta pay these 
williams so I grind 
to make my grip, 
I'm scared to break 
its neck so I don't 
try to make it flip,

no need to fade out 
gradually it's just a 
basic mix, I wash 
my words out 
longer so they'll 
have to stay and 
rinse.

A cunnilingual 
master of disaster; 
Mr. Creed, I'll die 
just like Apollo 'fore 
I live like Mr. T,

or hobbled in the 
mind cause 
ignorance is 
misery, a know-it-all 
that still can't read, 
these kids be killin 
me.

My verbal halitosis 
makes me carry 
Listerine, I kiss the 
L with smoke rings 
like I'm married to 
these trees,

to switch it aint no 
wives no more just 
chicks who carry 
seeds, and try to 
live the lifestyle 
from TV and 
magazines.

I wish the hood 
would smell the 
coffee, not alot have 
learned, that once 
they take a sniff 
that very coffee pot 
is burned,

along with all the 
rest of breakfast, 
people gotta learn, 
the government aint 
handin out no more, 
you gotta earn.

Vernacular is raw I 
know, I'll season it 
and cook, it's just 
not cool to be so 
stupid, go and read 
a book,

what's saddest 
though is how some 
folks reject what 
feeds the brain, 
embracing empty 
nourishment like 
Drake and Lil 
Wayne.

The Cunning 
Linguist has the 
jewels to be forever 
dropped, I spit on 
all my critics, 
T.C.L. will never 
stop,

administering logic, 
making enemies of 
friends, and toolin 
up for battle, be 
prepared for sweet 
revenge.......

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011




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Date: 1/17/2012 7:00:00 AM
Congratulations on your featured poem this week James. Love, Carol P.S. you can find the featured poets down the center of PoetrySoup Homepage. There are 4 pages of them this week and you can click and read and leave comments to the other poets. The poems are changed around each day giving your poem more exposure. The poems are up from Sunday to the next Sunday
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Date: 1/16/2012 11:43:00 AM
James, CONGRATULATIONS on the week`s winner!! :) lovely poem. - oxox love Anne-Lise
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