To slip on the pavement is a far better pain, <br />Than the tongue that slips, its trouble to gain; <br /> <br />A sweltering tongue comes full of much scorn, <br />The razor sharp words of a maleficent thorn; <br /> <br />Just little be said can bring anger so large, <br />From an aspersing tongue whose trouble will charge; <br /> <br /> Malicious invectiveness rolls from the tongue, <br />In a simple breath, revilement is sprung; <br /> <br />Pesky tongues need not be long-winded, <br />While bringing such hurt upon those made offended, <br /> <br />Misuse of the tongue, its craftiness deceive, <br />Lurks in the breath made upon ears that receive; <br /> <br />The talebearer's whisper heard loud as a horn, <br />Deliberate misstatement, shameless laughter is born;<br /><br />Tony Avila Sampson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-tongue/
