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Impaling Our Psyches

Hiding in daylight concealing his teeth Flying at night in flocks of deceit When fortune demands it he says he’s a bird When birds are in season a flittermouse heard He courses the difference of right into wrong Impaling our psyches — with fears to prolong (The University Of Pennsylvania: January, 2024)

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Date: 1/24/2024 8:09:00 PM
Such great imagery, poem denotes a sense of fear. Well writ.
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Date: 1/23/2024 12:07:00 PM
Enjoyed! Great rhymes. Loved the flitter mouse.
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 1/23/2024 5:51:00 PM
Thanks for telling me…makes the poem even cooler!
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Kurt Philip Behm
Date: 1/23/2024 12:57:00 PM
Thanks Kim, it's an old German term for a bat.

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