My Lord, may i?

10: 43 p.m.

can i speak,
my lord?
may i state
on record
that deflate
is only a word
not a threat
to stir
this army of guilt
or purge the witness of filth.
as a child
i understood
how rude
it’d be
to disagree with an elder
but
woe may come
should he blame the child.
for the loss of air
from a balloon
i fear, my lord
is offence
requiring
the accused
to lose a tooth

leonell echa