Monday, 19 January 2009

• something about the sword tongue and

  it's two edges.
  
  
  maybe
  the reason
  we are to be
  quick to listen
  and slow to speak is
  because
  we better be
  profoundly sure
  that we want
  what we are about to say
  on the record.
  because in relationships
  it cannot be stricken so easily as
  in court or press.
  
  if in an argument
  you go to great lengths to
  paint a word picture
  of my faults for me
  supporting your point---
  and i begin to see the picture
  (or myself as you do)
  very clearly,
  painfully vividly---
  
  well then
  you cannot later erase it
  by saying, "you're not so bad,
  it's all alright."
  because i can still
  see and feel
  all that you said.
  
  i listen to what you say
  so keep it to yourself
  unless you want me
  to take it in.
  
  and if you send out
  a shotgun slug of insults
  within intimacy range
  and there are pellets
  littering my skin
  don't be surprised
  if i shrug off the
  "you're not so bad,
  i didn't really mean it."
  band-aid that you
  like to offer me after.
  
  
  

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