sarcasm
is one of the few
opportunities
where a sledgehammer
can be used for
delicate precision
in surgical slices
as well as to simply
bludgeon a point

love and hate
may be forever linked
as two halves
of the same coin
while sarcasm seems
to be a love’s distant
cousin having taken
a divergent path

love tints the world
in an array of hopefulness
while sarcasm is the
paint thinner allowing
uncomfortable truths
to flourish in the light
both seek vulnerability
to alter misperception

a deft tongue spins silken
lines of adoration to bind
and subtle sarcasm to slash
both incomprehensible tools
capable of great violence
in the most delicate tone