Monkey Moves

Standing in place
Working to wean
Eyes playing tricks
Seeing unseen

Shoulders hunched
Head in the lead
Moving the pieces
To serve a bleed

Toys to others
Pawns to Kings
Benefiting widely
Authority brings

Final trump
Blown and heard
TRUTH applied
Lesson learned

Written by Trudy Schrader on 06-27-2022
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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