unabashed
It could have been anything.
Any arrangement of words said or sent
could have done it.
It wasn’t the word “unabashed”
though in a later conversation,
it gave me pause —
How many things have I been abashed about?
What would make my top-ten abashed moments list?
Too many, and those that jump to the fore:
Crying during a routine gynecological exam.
Throwing up Korean [...]