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Zipper

<p>Picture my mouth as a zipper, one that you open and close whenever you like.  If I talk too much you slide that cold metal across my lips and force me to be silent if I talk too little you push words inside my wet cave of a mouth.  I rip the zipper from my [&hellip;]</p>

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Picture my mouth
as a zipper,
one that you open
and close
whenever you like. 

If I talk too much
you slide that cold
metal across my lips
and force me
to be silent

if I talk too little
you push words
inside my wet
cave of a mouth. 

I rip the zipper
from my face
and create
a gaping black hole

You say I’m wild,
out of place,
and stitch
my lips back
together

only to pluck
away each red
thread when you
want me to say
yes, I agree. 

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