were an ominous
pleasure
simply in calling
a thing
by it's name?—
This
is called a "ghost note."
that
requires exquisite
"control."
Each recalled term,
the guest of honor
at a banquet,
long toasts recounting
all the places
it's been.
Overstimulation
would come merely
from teeth
touching tongue;
a fatally
decadent self-
indulgent feeling
as air
abandons lung.
