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Poetic Form: Sonnet
Inspired: 2023 September 26
*1st Place*
Mocking the dead
Contest Judged: 2023 September 29
Sponsored by: Silent One
Image: History and myths of the dreaded 'Dear John' letter by Military Times
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Chill confines a diary of absence
as September keyholes a papered wall.
A smirk tears a face--escapee silence
--styles wall with nothingness, dead ends AWOL.
A bottle of spent wealth parlays about ...
tangled weaves justify the performance.
Pebble leather worships darkly, blacks-out
a ghosted pundit building blocks, mischance.
Cold fashions the well, tilt pour sands reserves.
Alas, pitched secrets facades of falsehood,
its prisoner scopes round a war of words,
sheathed arrogance knells myPhone, knock on wood.
Crinkled gone days lay ... flattery goes on.
Scrawled lines drown, looming voice curts; "My Dear John".
Copyright © Hilo Poet | Year Posted 2023
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