Unbreaking egg

#Unbreaking egg.

Taking back words once said is like trying to unbreak an egg. We might apologize, mop up the mess, and pretend nothing happened, but the damage is done, and that sticky residue remains. 

Yet, some people, like Kerala Minister V. Sivankutty, seem to believe words can simply be reeled back in, as if they were fishing lines cast out in a moment of rage. It's as if he imagines there's a magical "Ctrl+Z" for insults. But in reality, once we have hurled  verbal grenades, offering to "take them back" is as effective as trying to unburn toast. 

Words, like toothpaste, don’t squeeze neatly back into the tube, no matter how hard you press. Yet, Sivankutty seems convinced that the absurd table-top dance of retracting his outbursts makes everything fresh again. 

-K A Solaman