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The Jungle

May 31, 2019
By Atezanos BRONZE, Los Angeles, California
Atezanos BRONZE, Los Angeles, California
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Another day

Another person

Another saying


Another day

Another person

Another saying


Saying slipped off the tongue of the blind snake

Speaking tales of the ravenous gorilla

And how the gorilla does and does and how he rampages about


Only to come to the gorilla and discover his shame

Maybe he rampaged, maybe he didn’t

The gorilla wasn’t ashamed of his actions, maybe he was a little

But he was ashamed of the saying and of the snake


And how the saying spreads like disease

How it contaminates the minds of others

And how they spread the disease

 

And the only option is to unify our gorillas and to rip out the snake within our chests

And only then can we learn from our sayings


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The author's comments:

This poem is about gossip, what it causes, and how we can better ourselves and not cause it.


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