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Big Mouth Charlie

Never shut his mouth.

You could hear his voice

All over the house.

He would talk about his failures.

He would talk about his successes.

He knew all his best friends

Phone numbers and addresses.

Charlie’s mother would plead,

“Would please stop talking.

You’re driving me crazy

With all your bantering and gawking.”

But Big Mouth Charlie

Would just go on and on.

He would talk from dusk

Right through til dawn.

Finally, one day Big Mouth

Could talk no more.

He was very upset.

He was very sore.

His talking ceased.

He had no choice.

That’s what happens

When you lose your voice.