once evoked

 expectations

overwhelm

once praise

and acknowledgement

traps in sound

is voiced in print

lodged in word

or hanging

on tip of tongue

the  privately

penned

becomes  public

fodder

and when

expounded upon

in any sort

of venue

holding any

collection of humans

greater than

one

the next logical

step

is to brace

for the

pounce

onto your

much anticipated

failure