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Crocodile Tongues

June 3, 2013
By brittafischer PLATINUM, Dulles, Virginia
brittafischer PLATINUM, Dulles, Virginia
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"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em"


I touched a crocodile’s tongue.
It was silky,
yet rough.
His jaws were held open,
as I smoothed his teeth.
His beady, black eyes,
showed no mercy.
I touched a crocodile’s tongue,
and I’m writing this,
with the same hand,
that was in the mouth,
of a terrifying, yet helpless beast.



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