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it is a sharp edge
that the one hones / while the other
sips cool

nectar, fragrance / or a perfumed word.

The statement itself is mush.
Its simplicity belies
the sting /

a devil whose desires are exact.

With abstraction
[like a silencer fits
onto muzzle] acts

of word and image push disastrously

misunderstood / bejeweled / & thus
acceptable.