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# Keep Quiet, Girl
- URL: https://www.merionwest.com/keep-quiet-girl/
- Published: 2026-08-01T14:08:47.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-12T03:04:08.000Z
- Description: Cithara Patra
- Author: MW Editors
- Tags: Poetry, Arts

> Keep your mouth shut and sit still

> Our leader is speaking right now

> Well, maybe not speaking

> He’s rambling to reporters

> There’s some truth buried in his nonsense

> Keep quiet, girl, keep quiet

> he’s speaking and we need to hear his plan

> on where we’re heading next

> 

> Press those pretty lips together

> no one needs them to open right now

> nothing you say will fall on anyone’s ears

> Your job isn’t to speak your mind

> shut up for the time being and hide in the corner

> We’re getting ready for a war

> though we have no idea what we’re fighting for

> 

> Keep quiet, girl. It’s not time to talk.

> You can’t stop him from making up his mind

> keep those lips shut and pretend to give a damn

> about a madman ranting on your TV screen

> Keep quiet, girl. You’ll get a second to speak

> then you can ramble all you want

> Keep quiet, your time is coming

> Keep quiet

> Quiet, girl

> Be quiet

> Shut your mouth

> and keep quiet.

> Quiet, girl.

> Quiet…

### Cithara Patra currently lives in North Carolina, spending much of their time writing and studying languages.