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Circumlocution

carefully laid down one by one penning the words as they come choosing ever so prudently a poem for ignominy a tacit agreement quietly kept between a mind and body adept some coherant ideology based on etymology euphemistic ideas at best lying explicits up to rest compromising the mind inside to make its speech coincide with what most people want to hear in their surrogate heart to tickle their ear now the popular circumlocution playing it down by substitution negative vibes are now in the plate served up instead of outright hate dissolution has overtaken divorce makes a better illusion of course adultery and stealing just to begin is no longer thought to be living in sin "consenting adults" and "doing your thing" "number one first " and "having a fling" unthankful children are just being cool the shiftless hustler no longer a fool trust and loyalty things of the past friends are only transitional cast the savant has become a clown as ideology touches the ground COPYRIGHT © 2009 C Michael Miller via Duboff Law Group LLC WRITEN IN 1980

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