Do I sound less 
charitable than I ought?

If I knew how to see you 
would it be painless?

Speak slowly

Then maybe; just maybe
I'll be able to hear you, 
even if I can't see you.

Do I frighten you
with my foul mouth?

Unremarkable letters 

Reluctant mother

I had hoped
to save you.

Reluctant mother

Letters with no trace of us

I don't have a plan

I attempt

to make my thoughts less savage

Copperplate etching 

I can't

so don't ask

Softly, obscurely

Why would you

leave gunpowder in my path?