Leo Larry Amadore Poet Free verse

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Revisionist History

Lines of ancestry
  and musty records
      feature fractured glimpses
of times long gone --
              but we deem that we gain
   some understanding, some insight,
                        some feeling
for our predecessors.
                           Those histories we
   think we know
           are never true.
We choose from many options,
    all skewed by a plethora
                   of factors that suit
a current bias, and we bend
                      and blend and fabricate
                  imaginary
                               pasts.

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Gary Radice July 26, 2021 at 1:24 AM "Those histories we think we know are never true." This says it all. I've read just several of your poems Leo and feel your work is deserving of so many more comments. Read you again soon. Cheers - Gary

Mark Toney August 14, 2020 at 8:33 AM So true, Leo. "... for the memory of them is forgotten." ~Mark