O, Mouth

 an ode, in abc... form

O, mouth,
Abyss of appetite,
  Bureau of belching,
Cannon of cursing,
  Dungeon of tongue,
Emitic exit,
  Fanatic of food.

O mouth,
  Groom of gluttony,
Hall of hiccups,
  Inventor of intrigue,
Joker and jester,
  Knight of bite,
Lover of lick and kiss.

O mouth,
  Muse of mucous,
Nobleman of No,
  Obnoxious Opinionator,
Penthouse of Prevarication,
  Quarrelsome quipster,
Rude rogue of rebuke,
  Soothing sayer.

Tabernacle of teeth,
  Union of utterance,
Vector of vocabulary,
  Wagon of waggery,
Xanadu of flu,
  Yodeler and yeller,
Zone of zest, O, mouth.

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Identifications

An ant with vocal chords,
   a singing ant.
A book with feathers,
  a bird book.
A crocodile with goose-bumps,
  a cold croc.
A drill without bits,
  an ornamental drill.
An elephant with shoes,
 a shod god.
A farmer in bed,
  a tired farmer.
A ghost with a cold,
  a coughing ghost.
A hat on a bench,
  a lost hat.
An island with a flag,
  a patriotic island.
A jar with a label,
  a designated jar.
A knee in motion,
  a kinetic knee.
A lion with a tail,
  a regulation lion.
A map in a drawer,
  a safe map.
A nail in a cross,
  an allusive nail.
An octopus with a pocket watch,
  a promptopus.
A pear with a stem,
  a picked pear.
A quail on a rock,
  a standing quail.
A rock in an airplane,
  a flying rock.
A salmon with a suitcase,
  a traveling salmon.
A tree on fire,
  an illuminating tree.
An uncle with a nephew,
  a legit uncle.
A violin in a refrigerator,
  a chilled fiddle.
A woman with a woman,
  two women.
A xylophone in a library,
  a dangerous xylophone.
A yam in a market,
  an available yam.
A zoo with a dinosaur,
  a zoo you never knew.



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