“I envision myself nibbled up by other’s words, dissolved in the ether of gossip.
–Roland Barthes
Through her talk
With her friends,
He was contained,
Made safe, behind
A wall of words.
He was unaware
Of the incremental
Layers, which shaped
The shell
She placed him in.
Out of hearing
He dissolved
Into a side character
Forgotten before
A scene ends.
He was left
A revision
Defined in her
Story, silenced,
Mocked.
(June 3, 2017)
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