conundrum

words just one maybe two
three for sure when lined up
in just the right order link arms
and jump for their lives sacrificing
context for the greater good or so it seems
spoken to explain away problematic conundrums
to offer up reason in an otherwise circular discourse
but rather than accomplish the purpose for which they are deigned
they fall flat landing on the earth beneath them and seep into brownness
shapelessness losing the very meaning of their existence but not before
grabbing your face and spitting upon it all the while noting your lesserness