Committee Buzz

The air is thick with words. They flutter and beat About my ears Like a thousand moths. A proliferation of pontification And pedantic pomposities Numbs my mind And muddles my thoughts. Details, details, details! Minute subtleties and Nuances confuse, confound. I feel the urge to shout, “Simple! Keep it simple! Give up the cluttered verbiage! Give us advantages, Disadvantages, The points we need To make a decision!” The words retreat into A hum of beating wings. I smile vacantly And think of something else!