Tagged: tongue
even holly seizes
even holly seizes
the occasion
in the middle of
winter to catch
snowflakes on her
tongue,
stretching her neck
towards the sky
.
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asian-american rolls
asian-american rolls
off the tongue so
conveniently, it’s a
wonder they
petition for more
distinction – a grain
of rice looks like
every other grain
of rice, regardless
of packaging, labels,
languages, lives
.
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our tongues
our tongues
recognize
flatbreads
in every
language
without proper
pronunciation
.
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perhaps we are all
perhaps we are all
waiting for our favorite
candy to fall from
the sky, and when placed on our
tongue, can at last provide release
.
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january is
january is
gumdrops for which our tongues haven’t
picked out the flavors
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: gumdrops
the year of the dog
the year of the dog
wags its tail, drags its hind legs,
tongue already out
.
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when we were water,
when we were water,
we didn’t have tongues to hold
back the words, trading
secrets effortlessly, with
abundance approaching drowning
.
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perhaps words are our
perhaps words are our
very first
spices, nestled
on our tongues
like lost and
found
treasures, waiting
to stir
one another’s
pots of
thoughts and
lived experiences,
make little
explosions,
calm unnerved
nerves
.
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when the heart breaks,
when the heart breaks,
the body, unbeknownst
to the host,
disconnects, one, two,
maybe several
organs at a time. it
is how on day seven,
the outer shell awakes
first and recognizes
pain along the circuitry,
the stomach reacts,
two-thirds liver-less,
the spinal cord lets
go a bouquet of
nerves, and the
tongue is speechless,
numb to the touch
.
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the tongue you do not
the tongue you do not
choose to use loses
elasticity, fumbles
its phonetic alphabet,
but remains resilient,
bobbing across
brainwaves,
suspending
memories as bait
.
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