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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Abstract critique of poetic artifice and phoniness masking truth
Dense packing of accusatory ideas across seven compressed lines
Strongly negative; betrayal, emptiness, accusation throughout
Sharp, accusatory tone with staccato line breaks and pointed declarations
Seven lines; micro-length poem
Metaphoric language (mask, embedding, betrayal) but relatively restrained overall
Lyric critique with dramatic accusatory address toward unnamed subject/poet
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