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I'd open my mouth
and out would fall
half dictionaries
and thesauri.

Coughing up
metaphors and
loose similes...
Ink pouring out
of my glands.

Paragraphs would form
if left too long,
those days I forgot
to floss.
Novels trying to escape
from beneath
my fillings.

But I choked
on all the left over
adjectives and nouns.
My mouth rang silent,
ink dried up...

Where did all the
pages go?
With no escape,
the full stops
and apostrophes
are clawing at my
vocal chords.

And I can't hold back
much longer.
This lexicon is
overflowing
with nothing to catch it.

And so I wait,
with paper bowls,
and paper towels,
for the next round
of word vomit
to spill out.

Description
I'd open my mouth
and out would fall
half dictionaries
and thesauri.

Coughing up
metaphors and
loose similes...
Ink pouring out
of my glands.

Paragraphs would form
if left too long,
those days I forgot
to floss.
Novels trying to escape
from beneath
my fillings.

But I choked
on all the left over
adjectives and nouns.
My mouth rang silent,
ink dried up...

Where did all the
pages go?
With no escape,
the full stops
and apostrophes
are clawing at my
vocal chords.

And I can't hold back
much longer.
This lexicon is
overflowing
with nothing to catch it.

And so I wait,
with paper bowls,
and paper towels,
for the next round
of word vomit
to spill out.