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Think Before You Speak

November 25, 2010
By Poetiquette PLATINUM, Palmyra, Pennsylvania
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Eat your words, raw,
Chew on your thoughts,
Spit them out collected.
Instincts taste sweet on your tongue,
But they'll turn bitter while young,
Choke on your words before they're said.

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PirateCountry DIAMOND said...
on Mar. 15 2013 at 1:45 pm
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&quot;I don&#039;t know half of you half as well as I should like and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.&quot;

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Really nice! I have a big mouth and my tongue doesn't seem to want to connect to my brain sometimes. Everytime I'm about to blurt something out, I'll remember your poem!