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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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Kurt Philip Behm

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PersonalThemeAbstract

Abstract philosophical critique of deception and moral corruption

SparseMeasureDense

Dense layered ideas compressed into five lines; high conceptual density

DarkSentimentBright

Strongly negative tone; corruption, hell, blood, deception throughout

StillEnergyExplosive

Explosive language with visceral imagery and sharp rhythmic jolts

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Micro poem: five lines plus dating note

PlainFigurativeOrnamented

Heavy metaphor, allusion, personification; layered symbolic language

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Primarily lyric voice with moral observation; minimal narrative persona

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