Poetry Month

I'VE BEEN KNOWN
by DENISE DUHAMEL

to spread it on thick to shoot off my mouth to get it off my chest
    to tell him where
    to get off
to stay put to face the music to cut a shine to go under to sell
    myself short to play
    myself down
to paint the town to fork over to shell out to shoot up to pull a
    fast one to go haywire
    to take a shine to
to be stuck on to glam it up to vamp it up to get her one better to
    eat a little higher
    on the hog
to win out to get away with to go to the spot to make a stake to
    make a stand to
    stand for something to stand up for
to snow under to slip up to go for it to take a stab at it to try out
    to go places to play
    up to get back at
to size up to stand off to slop over to be solid with to lose my
    shirt to get myself off
    to get myself off the hook