Eyes swelled and protruded,
Tongue limp and extruded,
His face told the tale of the toll.
Loquacious, bodacious,
His patience fugacious,
He’d swallowed the dictionary whole.
© Copyright Philip Barton, October 16, 2021. All rights reserved.
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