just a slight series
of deftly pitched words,
flung with
just the right spin to affect
a sly curve
could, irrevocably,
destabilize the world.
Then again—
on the other, it's probably
safer by a long shot,
to haul off and
send discourse
running in all directions
than it would be
to ever risk coming-
off as lazy
or too slow, or late
to the party,
or cagey—or worse,
some deceptively
benign word
like—injurious.
