rusted

rusted: /rəstid/ to deteriorate or corrode through inactivity or neglect

the words between,

once candied and sweet,

have soured and taste of brine.

tined songs, tired of their shape

sit flat on sharpened tongues

collecting contentions and rust.

poisoned indignations, cutting

deep. gouging tender insecurities

seeping secrets known only to each other,

an old sonnet used loosely as a soliloquy-ous

weapon of mass destruction-breaker of veils;

the ease of butchering revealed. all those years.

a venomous one-hit wonder of

rusty disappointment and total disregard.