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Getting My Mouth Washed Out, by hellerjr
Portage, MI US

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Getting My Mouth Washed Out

Getting My Mouth Washed Out

Once my grandmother got very angry
when I argued with her.
I was a five year old
who did not know her place.

So she told me to open my mouth
and then she put a bar of soap inside.
Forty-six years later,
I still remember
that awful taste.

But I didnt stop arguing
with her or anyone else.
Ive argued with teachers, parents,
rabbis, politicians, and bosses
if they try to limit my freedom
or curtail other peoples rights.

Ive lived long enough
to see some reforms.
So heres my advice
to other rebellious kids:
if someone threatens you
with a bar of soap,
keep talking so fast
that no one can ever wedge
a stopper in your mouth.

Description: I spent a lot of time with my grandmother when I was young. She loved me very much, but she had a quick temper. My relationship with Oma is typical of my problems with authority figures throughout my life. This poem captures this pattern and gives advice to younger people based on my experience as a nonconformist.

Photo Posted: Nov 15,2012 Photo Viewed: 381

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