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other legacies

it’s interesting how
one word is
what it means

until you
change or alter
even a single letter.

then it becomes
(subtle or

smash

your head)

an altogether

separate word

with its own

(jangled mess

or

succinctly

unique)

meaning(s).

take the two 

of us

for example 

(which is 

what i’m 

always doing,

only this time

a bit

metaphorically):

I don’t ever mean

that one of us
is inferior

to the other.

it’s just that we’re

so very different.

the evidence 

mounts

staggeringly

even as my lungs

collapse as I

emphasize

equanimity.  

thankfully,

we’ll always

have

our names

to differentiate us.