if you find yourself
in a dense miasma of
threatening consonants
surrounded by menacing vowels,
hissing fricatives
& glottal stops,
avoid the reaching tentacles
of the hungry dactyls
& beware the hidden talons
of the fierce anapests.
do not be deceived
by honeyed labials
in a jungle of gutturals.
take heart in the
wordless colors
of flowers
& thank the god
that made you
for silence.