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Tis Better To Be Abused Than To Know'T a Little

For years and months I was a preecher.
And your paleness was nothing but a helpless virtue to my speech in whole.

And with regular meetings of sliding glanses and peers up awake,
Had the superior overthrow of once an inheritance,
to make a last stand against you.

A grand inheritance to any man.
Strangeness seems to defy their 
Wordplay of love on them.
it plagues the whole 
While it's better to be abused than to know a little.

I lay there 
Sleeping on a listless hope
That binds all of a day into one 
Image.

For years and months I fell a flowing blackthorn.
Suckled on my leaking intents.
It grew along my home and it's windows.
Only your acknowledgement has enough power To open me.

And it's at this shroud,
the peek of my oblivion where a thought was dedicated 
To an image I saw today again.

Copyright © Calvin Mcmanus | Year Posted 2015


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Date: 2/18/2016 12:55:00 PM

NICE TO SEE THIS ONE AGAIN
Date: 12/6/2015 1:03:00 PM

Calvin, Enjoyed reading your poem today. LUV **SKAT**
Date: 1/14/2015 9:15:00 PM

Calvin, A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you have fun in this wonderful community. You'll find many friendly poets, who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I want to be the first to invite you on over to the contest page. I OFFER MY CONTEST in hopes it inspires you in some way. I will enjoy following you and your poetry:) This is a great way to start the New Year. Lucky Us, To Have you. Enjoy 2015, with New Poet Friends! @-> LINDA <-@
Date: 1/13/2015 4:36:00 AM

- The new year is still "just a baby" .... I welcome you to P - Soup and wish you a beautiful and peaceful new year - Hope we can share many new poems this year - You write very well, Calvin - Have a great day - // Anne-Lise :)
Date: 1/13/2015 2:24:00 AM

This is an interesting work, a look in the interior of your mind. Try making another masterpiece
Date: 1/12/2015 12:43:00 PM

Interesting work. I amglad that I chose this one to read today. Sara

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