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 My Foot in My Mouth

My five year old son got into

The habit of thumb sucking and

I wasn't sure what I should do.

Maybe a fib he'd understand,

So I said if he didn't stop

Sucking his thumb, then very soon

Most likely he was gonna pop

From blowing up like a balloon.

While at the store later that day,

A lady passed my son and me,

Very much in a pregnant way.

My five year old said seriously,

"Lady, you are blowing up from"

"Doing too much sucking your thumb."