Incapacitated
words
as spoken
hit
fully unequipped
against the hard surfaces
of objects across the room.
They roll each surface
until they meet the floor,
or are forced
by their velocity
to an abrupt, deep fall.
Some
– very few –
cling on to sharp edges
where accidentally they made contact
and attempt to stand
breathless and silent
expecting this to postpone their demise.
But the edges are cutting
so the words become torn apart
as they hang helplessly above the ground
and
letter
by
letter
they lose
the fabric of their sense.
Poor words,
the poorest words ever spoken,
result demolished on the floor
their letters illogically spread across space,
their meaning irreparably deranged.
Athens,
July 2023.
Photograph: words colliding against each other; Dundee West End, Scotland, June 2022.
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