Look to history to know the tale the sum of what came before when a single act can't explain the reaction from the crowd the slight should not enact cries of anger then expressed except when the breadth is seen of the pain the wounds inflict
the pinprick made in jest or the statement meant to quip both convey so much more than thoughts may account assumptions miss the mark to detriments of the ghosts those that walked the twisted trails tracking back to hurt once veiled
these revenants doubt intent of the one that walks their grave demanding blood for trespass with damnations few contend the past has more to say than all the mutterings that explain transgressions made by fools with knives turned back to wound.
The poem “The Pinprick” was inspired by the online reactions to a person who played Devil’s Advocate on a sensitive subject. The response was swift against the problematic statements. Sensitivities were triggered. Some ground should be traveled carefully.