Some say—
the best defense
is to make ourselves
used to this,
with words as old
and gentle
as rain—
softly spoken,
and spoken regularly, to soak
and dilute the potency
of their poetry.
For example—
How catastrophic could
a symbol be?
those increasingly
less-frightened
people go
mumbling, almost inaudibly.
Others know—
the best offense
is probably
not to talk at all,
instead letting
giant billboard signs
do all the proclaiming.
I Just Want To Be Ordinary,
the boldest of those
signs might read,
meaning—
not perceived
as part
of the problem.
