essentially...
"essentially", the word rolled
off of my tongue like the stem
pulled from a cherry clenched between my teeth
stolen by the dozen every time i went to work
after eying the greedy children ordering
the shirley temples just for the cherry
it was the perfect topping to my ice cream sundae
of bullshit verbiage and protagonistic anecdotes
with everything left to mean
and nothing left to say
off of my tongue like the stem
pulled from a cherry clenched between my teeth
stolen by the dozen every time i went to work
after eying the greedy children ordering
the shirley temples just for the cherry
it was the perfect topping to my ice cream sundae
of bullshit verbiage and protagonistic anecdotes
with everything left to mean
and nothing left to say