Sometimes Words

Button up your metaphors; Zipper up your lip. Shoot from any place you want Other than the hip. Writing what you really feel By some will seem a crime, Especially when posted Like your others, all in rhyme. Don’t express conflicting views. Follow the advice Of staying on the sidelines And avoid all thinning ice. Sometimes words can make a point That’s better left unsaid And on occasion, poems are better When they aren’t read.