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Tethered To a Moment

Obdurate goat tangles rough knotted rope
Stuck beside shadowy friend, Silky Oak
Hedonistic prisoner capricorn, cheap trope
Ethics remain riddle, morals mere joke


Towered timber utters truth in its creak
Canopy clapping hands crush recollection 
Billion fingered Silky Oak, silver limbs oblique
Obscure overlooked sins, a whispered detection 
Keeps capricorn unkempt, tethered to trunk
Smooth curled horns apply keratin to bark
Scaffold of decency rubbed back, defunct
Gloss of molestation, shamed oblivion hark


Hefty hormonal avenger of societial conform
Ediface eroded by wiles of willful exhibition 
Tortoiseshell taupe noxious horned capricorn 
Weapon wield deposit encircles oak, dark depiction
Mirror denies texture, mirthful obstreperous ignores
Shine diminishes structure, erect neck narrow 
Malnourished foliage, goat's gritty diet implore 
Capricorn's carnal gyrations abate, restore marrow 


Fractured cracked tenacity, tree's foreboding scream 
Matchstick snap collages goatman gonzo in debris
Collapsed capricorn of devilish demeanour obscene
Scruple niggard gruesome morbid marauder buried





                                      22nd August 2021

Written for Contest : This Or That Volume 6.
                                     Tethered To A Moment 

Sponsor :                    Edward Ibeh

Copyright © | Year Posted 2021




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Date: 8/22/2021 12:42:00 AM
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