Kurt Philip Behm Poet Rhyme

Forked Tongues

Not lying outright
is far from the truth
Hesitance vacuous
barren of fruit

What never gets said
deceitfulness hides
Stalking and preying
while buried inside

The pulpit a soapbox
 lectern a mask
Pontification
deceptions bombast

Wittingly fervent
the devil subverts
False implication
—the ultimate hurt

(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)

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Daniel Turner February 25, 2023 at 4:34 PM There's an old blues song with lyrics, "everybody wants to hear the truth but everybody tells a lie", everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die" That is what your poem brought to mind, Kurt. Kurt Philip Behm February 25, 2023 at 5:09 PM Love it ! Thanks Daniel