Words

Nude. Stripped of context. Freed from grammar. Arranged at mad angles. Deep, bloody, red ones on cold, white, glaring ice. Damp, wet, dripping, left to dry in the post-rain moist sun. That melt in your mouth like hot, chocolate fudge. That leave a lingering bitter aftertaste. That ring final. Inevitable. That hit you right in the face. Which are not the property of language. Peeled of language. essentially an expression of smell, sight, sound, self. Like buoys. Like lighthouses. Like compass. Like anchor. Like mirrors. That you can hang yourself with.