MATTHEW SAVOCA

something that won't come out of my mouth
something that won't come out of my mouth

 

are my teeth

 

although i haven't tried pliers or knives,

 

just pulling with my fingers

 

and i didn't actually pull,

 

i just kind of touched my teeth

 

gently with one finger

 

and then exhaled slowly

 

something that won't come out of my mouth

 

is your mouth

 

something that won't come out of my mouth

 

is a hairdryer

 

what the fuck?

 

something that won't come of my mouth

 

ARE MY TEETH

 

although i haven't tried very hard

 

something that won't come out of my mouth

 

are your teeth, or tongue; oh, i'm so sorry

 

something that won't come out of my mouth

 

is an apology

 

(oh there it is, that's what we wanted)

 

something that won't come out of my mouth

 

is a moth

 

unless one flies into my mouth

 

and i don't swallow it

 

and then it flies back out

 

past my teeth

 

if they're still there

 

something that won't come out of my mouth

 

is a motherfucking moth

 

because i will never again open it

 

near a florescent light

 

when it's dark

 

something that won't come out of my mouth

 

is the darkness

 

it is always in there

 

being useless and black

 

something that won't come out of my mouth

 

is a racist comment

 

or what you just said:

 

that maybe the only thing you can do in life is have three babies

 

something that won't come out of my mouth

 

is no, or yes;

 

i just won't say anything

 

and hope that the sentence goes away, out of the air, and

 

something that won't come out of my mouth

 

is air, or my teeth




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Matthew Savoca was born on june 16th 1982 at jeanes hospital in north east philadelphia where he lived for two years until his parents moved to the north west suburbs where there were good school districts. many years later he started a blog where you can get information, read poems and watch videos and stuff.


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