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Caustic

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You wish you had
a caustic tongue. Sharp?
Yes. I don't deny it.  
You could separate the layers of light
and slice up a rainbow
with the flat side of your cant,
though you don't -

you just try
to pry the diamonds
from men's wedding bands
when things don't go quite
as you planned,
half-cocked
and too passionate again. Does it sting,

your singing? Perhaps. I'd sooner French
a black scorpion
than suck that snake
sliding between your white teeth.

Sharp and stinging,
but caustic? No - not quite.
For all you've tried,
you've never caused anything.
Sorry.
For #Shelf-of-Friend's August contest.
I got 99 words, and caustic is one.
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