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.
