Do what I say,
not what I've done.
What I did was past tense
to the prose I've become.
Words spoken
shed truth
on the bells rung.
Pronouns succumb
to life underneath.
What has the sun shone?
Same thing moon's shunned.
Twirling thumbs
and grinding teeth.
Prone anxiety
beneath a fleet
of coarse thread sheets.
Only fans speak,
oscillating on an
arrhythmic beat.
What are the limits of your speech?
English, French and Spanish
when haphazardly
conscious.
Noun (Verb + adjective) + predicate
is the constant
variable in
idioms.
It's an order of operations
within phrases
understood amongst
sages.
May 30, 2013
May 30, 2013 at 5:01 AM UTC
Do what I say,
not what I've done.
What I did was past tense
to the prose I've become.
Words spoken
shed truth
on the bells rung.
Pronouns succumb
to life underneath.
What has the sun shone?
Same thing moon's shunned.
Twirling thumbs
and grinding teeth.
Prone anxiety
beneath a fleet
of coarse thread sheets.
Only fans speak,
oscillating on an
arrhythmic beat.
What are the limits of your speech?
English, French and Spanish
when haphazardly
conscious.
Noun (Verb + adjective) + predicate
is the constant
variable in
idioms.
It's an order of operations
within phrases
understood amongst
sages.
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