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Commanding The Spells Of Language w/ Laurel Airica #378

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Is My Tongue a Curse, and My Words Come Out Straight?

My tongue is naturally curly, so my words come out in rhyme. This started very early and still happens all the time. I've done my best to compensate, to speak in tidy rows of prose. But for my words to come out straight, my tongue would have to decompose. And i've a muse far too amused with rhyming words and verbal curlicues. She has me tripping on my tongue each time we come upon a pun. So is this diction an affliction, and my verse some kind of curse? Am i to keep my tongue in check and cheek make points, not spirals, when i speakno, it is beyond my power to speak in

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