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I'll never tell

Eat the button on my Shirt

**********

Forget the demons in polyester suits

The ones with liquid paper

spiraling down the empty well

take a moment

just a moment

and never drink and tell

eat cheese and crackers

and talk about caviar

sail on a row boat

and try to hold your breath

as the water spills over the tub

but never ever

drink and tell

a razor is just a razor

till someone has a bad day

a camel is just a camel

till the desert is starved of rain

I never thought about him

till the bottom of a bottle

i'll never whisper with a drink

and i'll never drink and tell

bottle caps and plastic wrap

little legos across the floor

pillows that aren't just pillows

but clouds in the misty air

a glass of water a bottle of *****

and a strange pickle smell

i swear to god

That i'll never drink and tell

a question is a question

a tear is not a free pass

and i just can't choke them down

these buttons beneath my chest hair

I promise i swear

that i'll never ever again

drink and tell...

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Written by
nathaniel
American
Published
Sep 16, 2010
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