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"We complicate life with knots made by hesitation, tangling the strings of clarity by adding layers of complexity to avoid the obvious simple solution in plain sight in the core. Confusion reigns in the field strewn with too many choices in layers. Life is manageable, when its uncrowded and simplified, reducing expectations (the 'KISS' principle)."

For the Traditional Cinquain Poetry Contest (Topic 5)
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ball of rubber bands

Layers Shape Understanding

tangled
ensnared by doubt
trussed in hesitation
we add layered complexity
baffling

plain truth
simplicity
when clarity takes hold
it peels away layers to reach
the pith
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