Loose lips

Loose lips sink ships

they said during the war.

And I wonder today

what loose hips sink?

Bodies

sighs

hope

religion

life?

Loose lips sink ships

they said to contain the talk

And I wonder these days

what loose lies sink?

Nation

tribe

kin

conviction

home?

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