when words are
they happen and trying
to deny them
to pretend they can be
postponed leading to
painful twisting of
inner canals?
tendrils?
tendons?
when words are lost
but in their loss they can tear
tender juices can rupture
leave scars of aching
silence
19th September 2024 tangentially triggered reading Jane Burn's “The University of the Self #33”. The
reference in the first couplet is, I think, obvious