Beetlebung and Kettlehole--April Poems

Double Mouth

He has a double mouth
on active duty, bilingual,
swearing and singing,
eating and drinking,
kissing and spitting
all at the same time.

His shadow doubles, too,
his words, verdicts,
and when he talks
slow and choosy,
curses or endearment
no matter the angle,
spectators tremble

for he is the wound and the cure
and an incomparable dancer
alit with outlandish magic
bearing byzantine moves
in doubled pleasure
hissing and whispering “Fun!”

since he is in politics, for the long run

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Prompt: two of something, doubleness