WHEN THE TONGUE LEFT THE CHEEK

Our mouths do all the talking

They’re the most powerful being in the body

The tongue that is

Surrounded by the walls of teeth and gums

The tongue is the strongest muscle man has

But experts are wrong if they stop 

There because the tongue also has a brain

He says what he wants when he thinks it

Moreover has he a stomach as well

Craving all sorts of things like a meal or another tongue

Even a pair of legs too, since he speaks words that

Take man down past paths and future roads

The tongue always wants to be satisfied 

And what he wills will be satisfied because

When he’s hungry I eat

When he’s thirsty I drink

When he’s tired I yawn

When he’s inspired I sing

When he’s mad I swear

When he’s sad I wail 

When he’s confused I question

The tongue is my master and he says he is lonely

And I don’t know what to do when he is lonely

Other than all these other things.

So I’ll eat and drink and yawn and sing and swear and wail and question

Until the tongue is satisfied by what I give it to taste.