other than a mental

when emotion is too much 

for words to handle, 

do I send out a flood 

or a flock?

when emotion is too much,

am I overbearingly tonal

or am I torturously topic bound?

when emotion is to, too much,

is it abundance or anguish dressed

that either commands or compels?

when emotion is, 

as it appears to be,

who am I to become,

the owner of said ranklings  

or the bystander 

to this recent imminent past?

when I am an emotion-owner,

what rights do I actually have?

for I have no immunity from feelings

and there are no exemption clauses 

in my life . . .