Forked Tongues

February 25, 2023

Not lying outright

is far from the truth

Hesitance vacuous

barren of fruit

What never gets said

deceitfulness hides

Stalking and preying

while buried inside

The pulpit a soapbox

lectern a mask

Pontification

deceptions bombast

Wittingly fervent

the devil subverts

False implication

—the ultimate hurt

(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)

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