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Tortured Poet Extolling Rhetoric

I am not a Poet I know this fact true and full well In the orthodox conventional literal way As I am not able to use set standard form So what I write Therefore does not conform So I agree wholeheartedly not disagree Technically I am not a Poet All I am is simply someone who Likes to write and comment about things That don't necessarily fit any set remit But yet I still want to have a go So I end up having to encroach And impose and join in other ways And blur the lines and rules of engagement Because although I may not be a poet 1 thing I can admit is this I suffer through my words Like any tortured Poet would As to me writing is more about Exposure of one's true self soul and heart Than a form of compliance to an art If that stifles my openness and integrity And does not keep my demons at bay Rather lets them lie in wait And my silence further leads onto Yet more inevitable tortured mistakes

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Date: 9/10/2023 11:43:00 PM
Beautiful Insight
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Christopher Flaherty
Date: 9/13/2023 1:17:00 PM
As Beautiful and insightful as your comment Curie

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