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this is a line from a poem by Paul Lawrence Dunbar. a person's mouth is full of subtle things not usually noticed by other to say but they hide behind the mask and don't show who they really are. they would rather have their self be protected and shown as something else rather than putting all the subtle details about themselves be put out there for people to perhaps use against them...it's for protection.

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