Smart Mouth

the profanity I utter

rising from sitting

to standing

is sharp

salty

as hip

and knee

joints crack open

like lobster claws

and muscle fibers

tear with a rip

we do not wash

mouths out with soap

in this house

words of power

are respected

7 thoughts on “Smart Mouth”

bobcabkings says:

July 12, 2018 at 9:23 pm

Words of power, indeed

LikeLike

Reply
bobcabkings says:

July 12, 2018 at 9:25 pm

Reblogged this on cabbagesandkings524 and commented:
Christine Ray – Medicinal utterances

LikeLike

Reply
oldepunk says:

July 14, 2018 at 5:04 pm

Reblogged this on A Global Divergent Literary Collective.

LikeLike

Reply
Kindra M. Austin says:

July 15, 2018 at 3:23 pm

I love this piece. And I also dig the glitter mouth! ❤

LikeLike

Reply
Megha's World says:

July 22, 2018 at 9:31 pm

Awesome…pure substance and grit.

LikeLike

Reply
1. braveandrecklessblog says:
  
  July 30, 2018 at 5:54 pm
  
  Thank you Megha. Some days the right words just flow out.
  
  LikeLiked by 1 person
  
  Reply
  1. Megha's World says:
    
    July 30, 2018 at 6:18 pm
    
    Yes the essence of writing.
    
    LikeLike
    
    Reply

Enter your comment here...

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Email (required) (Address never made public)

Name (required)

Website

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out / Change )

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out / Change )

Connecting to %s