|
| tempered |
| a process: a case of |
| eventual hardening: |
| the soft, lithesome, |
| losing its innocence |
| over time |
| hardening brittle and dull; |
| sometimes just left |
| by itself long enough; |
| sometimes exposure, |
| neglect, or the shock |
| of a shuddering drop |
| into cold without warning |
| © Jon Bohrn (1999) |
