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Never To Rest

I’m a Poet…. 
  don’t try to trap me with words
  or with logic you don’t understand

With your barrister’s training 
  you’re out of your league
  this arena beyond your command

In some ways 
  I’ve already said it all
  but never in the form you approve

Or with comforting platitudes 
  lining your shell
  as pontification behooves

The slick easy answers 
  unfit for a Sage
  but the pundit and liars attest

My message as spoken 
  comes at great cost
    —your conscience never to rest

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2018)

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018




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Date: 3/13/2018 8:11:00 PM
Love your poem. Witty as ever, Kurt.
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