POETRY

Speak

As you spoke those words
It was like subtitles left your chapped, used lips to fill my mouth
As I tried to swallow it
It blocked my airway
I gagged, for it was the dirtiest thing I had ever tasted
My eyes let a tear run loose at the way it stopped me from breathing
As I spit your words out
I felt much better
And realized that if something leaves that bad of a taste in your mouth
You should never let it in your mouth in the first place

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