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Plumage


Writing pretty words

you hide from the truth

Arrangement your mantra

all substance eludes

Masked behind structure

embedding each line

An empty betrayal

— in meter and rhyme

 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2025)

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PersonalThemeAbstract

Abstract critique of poetic artifice and phoniness masking truth

SparseMeasureDense

Dense packing of accusatory ideas across seven compressed lines

DarkSentimentBright

Strongly negative; betrayal, emptiness, accusation throughout

StillEnergyExplosive

Sharp, accusatory tone with staccato line breaks and pointed declarations

MicroLengthEpic

Seven lines; micro-length poem

PlainFigurativeOrnamented

Metaphoric language (mask, embedding, betrayal) but relatively restrained overall

LyricVoiceDramatic

Lyric critique with dramatic accusatory address toward unnamed subject/poet

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