The Argument
by A.E. Stallings
After the argument, all things were strange.
They stood divided by their eloquence
Which had surprised them after so much silence.
Now there were real things to rearrange.
Words betokened* deeds, but they were both
Lightened briefly, and they were inclined
To be kind as sometimes strangers can be kind.
It was as if, out of the undergrowth,
They stepped into a clearing and the sun,
Machetes still in hand. Something was done,
But how they did not fully realize.
Something was beginning. Something would stem
And branch from this one moment. Something made
Them both look up into each other's eyes
Because they both were suddenly afraid
And there was no one now to comfort them.
*To foreshadow
Definition
An argument takes place between what I assume are two good friends. Afterward there is an awkward silence as they reflect on what they have just said; knowing that what they have just said couldn't be taken back. However, they fake as if nothing is wrong and go about being cordial towards one another. Then, a sudden realization hits them that they have just, metaphorically, gone to war with one another and with weapons still in hand they look at each other and are both thinking, "what did I just do?"
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