It’s all in the ear

CHUTE the messenger? Don’t.
SIEVE the messenger? Do.
ADAPT the messenger and take him into your family? You’d be
DITTY not to.

[Courtesy of a poet still struggling with the intricacies of English pronunciation.]

SHOOT the messenger? Don’t.
SAVE the messenger? Do.
ADOPT the messenger and take him into your family? You’d be
DOTTY not to.

[Courtesy of the poet explaining]

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