Funny things words. These go-betweens, these utterances and scribbles upon which we hang so much; if you get my meaning!
WORD
Sorry
Pardon
What did you just say
One lobbed word didn’t
Go off inside my head
Like they usually do
Grenades
Loaded
Primed
To Detonate
Triggering neurons
Racing to connect
Me with you
One word
One embedded
In a context that
Gave no clue
I heard the word
Its not one I knew
So
What was it you said
Do I need it in my head
Best you say it again
Then explain what it means
To you and then we might
Examine its emotional context
Else you’ll leave me all perplexed
JDaniels©2016
Waking the Baby 