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Twin Sisters


Damning two lies

with only one truth

Deception remixes 

like gin and vermouth

 

Jumping from one

as the other got hot

Port in the storm

where perdition is fraught     

 

Grace in short order

 with blessings denied 

Thomas redoubting

 all faith circumscribed  

 

Prevarication

twin sister of pain

The Word caught between them

—trapped to remain

 

(The New Room: July, 2023)

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