You Can’t Eat Your Words

They’re never yours—only
The pattern sometimes is,
And only a little,

And only in context,
Which is why so often,
Innocent or guilty,

The accused will protest,
When asked to eat their words,
That they were taken out

Of context. Nonetheless,
Eat your pattern or shove
Your context, as phrases,

Don’t have that gut Geschmack.
We will never go back.