verbatim

denials flow
tributaries to the sea
nuance lost
diffused in an ocean of
words words words
repeated verbatim
sans the same intonation
prove nothing
but that a mouth moved
and sounds made
hollow echoes
reverberate
against the cliffs
of an empty coast
as hard and treacherous
as a lover's farewell
his pirate ship
sailing into the horizon
leaving her marooned
hallooing to the heavens
and feeding the briny sea
with her tears