Tumescent ... Hope

Today's word is "tumescent" ... too-MES-uh nt. pompous and pretentious, especially in the use of language; bombastic. (Dictionary.com)

Hope

Words that float upward,

Full of hot air, like balloons,

Over-the-top a true description,

They roll, and play and tease,

Tumescent and obnoxious,

Carrying nothing in their flight.

The speaker, proud of himself.

Full of himself.

Unaware of his listener's dismay.

They had hoped for more,

For something, meaningful.

For something. But the empty air 
offered nothing.

Anne Selleck

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