Tongue
Careful
With that tongue of yours
Your fleshy wet muscle in your mouth
Helping you –
Taste
Lick
Chew
Swallow
And
Speak
Tongue
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Caught
Tongue
caught between a cat’s paws
caught between unleaded and diesel
Tongue
caught between arrivals and departures
caught between connecting flights
Tongue
caught between workshop vice
caught between springs of a clamp
Tongue
caught between railroad spikes
caught between a scorpion’s pincers
Tongue
caught between a black widow’s web and a lion’s den
caught between the frozen and thawed
Tongue
caught between spread thighs
caught between a zipper’s teeth
Tongue
caught between the seat cushions
caught between cunnilingus and fellatio
Tongue
caught between shibari and nuru
caught between dirty underwear and clean sheets
Tongue
caught between anonymity and identity
caught between given names and adopted names
Tongue
caught between the front seat and back seat
caught between casting couch obscenity
Tongue
caught between monogamy and polygamy
caught between a downpour crossing the street
Tongue
caught between elevator doors
caught between a lover’s quarrel
Tongue
caught between the Rolling Stones and the Beatles
caught between Ab-Ex and Pop
Tongue
caught between house grooves and 60s folk
caught between stocks and bonds
Tongue
caught between the Hudson River and East River
caught between North Dakota and South Dakota
Tongue
caught between transphobia and homophobia
caught between racism and sexism
Tongue
caught between Republicans and Democrats
caught between Fascists and Socialists
Tongue
caught between an arrow and tȟatȟáŋka
caught between a stinging bee and it’s hive
Tongue
caught between enemy flanks
caught between exosphere and thermosphere
Tongue
caught between innocence and sinfulness
caught between atrium and ventricle
Tongue
caught between Gaza and Palestine
caught between Jerusalem and Bethlehem
Tongue
caught between David and Goliath
caught between Adam and Eve
Tongue
caught between Mesozoic and Cenozoic
caught between Anno Domini and Christ
Tongue
caught between euthanasia and DOA
caught between life’s mystery and seppuku
Tongue
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Caught
Crushed
Compressed
Squeezed
Squashed
Tongue
Destroyed
Demolished
Disintegrated
Tongue
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Caught
© 2025 David Greg Harth
25.06.26.17.47.20@130BklynNYC