The beautiful American word, Sure
       

The beautiful American word, Sure,
as ubiquitous as barbeques and aneurisms.
Ensure; assure; cocksure; "fo' sho."
It drifts through diners, coffee shops, a spawned
salmon swimming against itself. The spun
waters oflanguage and acquiescence
are at once both conveyance and hindrance,
both hesitation and confirmation,

where we are subtracted into shadow
and added back as echo and avowal,
where the sound sits on our tongue in a drawl
of doubt. Ring tone of prevarication,
you are my you betcha, my no problemo—
my lexical promise of obligation.

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