The Devil Mute

October 27, 2019

Virtue when expressive,

deafens bad intention

Its voice to live beyond,

excuses and retort

A minstrel plays a song unsung,

as sages rise to dance

All words rephrased in lyric tones

—the devil mute and gone

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2019)

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