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Foibles and Fears

with scamper and scurry, slither and slink,
with rustle and rattle, crackle and snap
the shy, bashful, humiliated and humble
sneak away scared, to hole-up and hide-a-way
covering up their foibles and fears, 
which they know all too well.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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Rodrigues Avatar
April 22, 2018 at 10:44 PM
A cacophony of sounds! And so true!
Onclaud Avatar
April 21, 2018 at 5:06 PM
poetry in kinetic motion... a pleasure to read this fine work, john!.. huggs
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