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A Matter of Distrust


Possessing pure skepticism
allows me
to carry an air of longevity

Having to breathe in
false utterances,
the words of mendacious men
I could never trust

If you be at the opposite end
on the thought spectrum
of visible dust

Then persuade yourself
if you must

That everything is peachy keen;
because an oval echo,
from a yellow enamel orifice, 
placebo grin said so

Keep pulse listening
to the dunce reverberations
that smarmy gloat

Si, I do verily distrust that locust sound
every grimy vocal whit
As the green devouring wheeze abound,
grim reaper facts exist

So, Covid yourself
if you must

That none of the dying coughing is truly real,
because an ivory pair of coffin eyes
opaque hide behind a green curtain shade ill

There’s 19 different wavy versions:
Flagellated ear-rant vials of vapor duplicity
Inhale the infectious bah humbug,
give a callous shrug with an air of morbidity

Convince yourself
to believe a lie
of paper sawdust,
if you must

As for me,
the leper words of lecherous men,
I will always 
contagiously distrust

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020




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