Blood On The Toll Booth
In debt
with a dollar’s
down payment
on lies
Veracity
hiding
the truth
in disguise
Intentions
repaving
the highway
to hell
With blood
on the toll booth
and lye
— in the well
(Dreamsleep: November, 2025)
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Abstract philosophical critique of deception and moral corruption
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Dense layered ideas compressed into five lines; high conceptual density
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Strongly negative tone; corruption, hell, blood, deception throughout
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Explosive language with visceral imagery and sharp rhythmic jolts
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Micro poem: five lines plus dating note
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Heavy metaphor, allusion, personification; layered symbolic language
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