SPOKEN MOUTH LIKEN A SWORD AND ARROW-

visit your neighbors 
often you’ll wear out welcome
telling lies unwise
~
metaphoric yet
as so harmful as hitting
them with an ax,---chop
~
chop, chop, chop, chop, chop
wounding them spoken mouth as
swords kills with arrow


12/18/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.2024©
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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