Be quiet, I’m eating.

Be quiet, I just got in.

Be quiet, I am watching the news.

Be quiet, I am thinking.

Be quiet, you’re disturbing me.

Be quiet, go to your room.

Be quiet, I’m working.

Talk to your mother

Talk to your father

Don’t speak until you’re spoken to.

You’re too loud.

You’re too quiet.

Speak up.

Stop making a noise.

Stop talking, you’re annoying.

Stop talking, no one’s interested.

Stop talking, you’re too weird.

Stop talking, no one cares.

Stop talking, you don’t deserve an opinion.

Stop talking, no one likes you.

Stop talking, you’re interrupting.

Stop talking, you’re in the way.

Don’t talk to me.

Don’t talk to them.

No one’s listening to you.

You’re too loud.

You’re too quiet.

Speak up.

Stop making a noise.

Don’t Speak is a poem taken from LJ Bremer’s upcoming book: Chapters in Hell.

Original article: Don’t Speak.