Loosely Cloaked

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holding back
showing restraint
juggling calculated risks

his every pause
more revealing than
discourse or soliloquy

his every whisper
from depths within
divulging wrinkled corners

every show don’t tell
more touching than the last
suggestive and persuasive

every ounce measured
delicate in formula
where precision is an art

every half truth
a confession between the lines
unhinged by eloquence

every goodbye
harder than the last
in salacious undertones



Published in my 24-page photo/anthology book ~CITYLIGHTS~ 2021

AP: 3rd place 2022, Honorable Mention 2022

Submitted on January 25, 2022 for contest A STRAND (1059) sponsored by BRIAN STRAND  -  RANKED 1ST

Posted on August 12, 2021

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Caren Krutsinger

Date: 8/17/2021 1:21:00 AM

This is a poem that encourages more than one reading. So many lines to digest; not easily read in one reading Line. A fantastic job.

Line Gauthier
Date: 8/17/2021 3:43:00 AM

Thank you, Caren ~

Delice Arleen Skelly

Date: 8/14/2021 6:04:00 PM

I enjoyed this offering Line, so good. This stanza jumped out at me: every half-truth a confession between the lines unhinged by eloquence..wow...Delice

Line Gauthier
Date: 8/15/2021 6:01:00 AM

Thank you so much, Delice ~

Loosely Cloaked

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