in a tension headache

and ever before and ever since all that changed was
the event occurred,
unnamed as it were, or is, rather,
or perhaps as of yet, could be, ok!

but it occurred, the event,
which altogether was comprised of many small events
many of which involved words
many of which involved you as
communicator, topic or listener --
and i shall perhaps step up and suggest
with all the pragmatism that sheer common sense lends me
that your involvement leaned a bit more
toward the former category--regardless:

contained, these small word events
together make up the event that occurred,
which i grant you has made no change to how trees grow,
the number of chips in the coffee table paint,
the lifespan of anyone's pet cherokeet.
the consequences are merely chemicals in my brain,
an electric spark here; there, an impulse.
it need not go farther, i know.

i will contain them,
but i must anonymize the event,
and it must eventually stop growing.