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Everybody but she saw how her words came out. They slipped and oozed out, dribbling off her chin, in thick drops. Like the venom they held.
Screamy and memey
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Everybody but she saw how her words came out. They slipped and oozed out, dribbling off her chin, in thick drops. Like the venom they held.
The poem is a short, sharp image of someone whose cruelty is obvious to everyone except herself. Her words don't come out cleanly. They "slip and ooze," "dribbling off her chin in thick drops," as if speech were something sticky and a little disgusting that she can't quite contain.
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