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First Place Winner in International Contest sponsored by Craig Cornish - A Wilderness of Mirrors

it is a nightmare and a terrible place a confrontation, a quick draw, frightful conclusion glass: empty of illusion a pagan deity whose hard eyes shall drink you in and spit and run over you like an obnoxious lorry or through you as a plough at this abandoned carnival marooned in the undesirable wilds and the nonorgasmic riffs of ticking clocks working juju on your brain every grasshopper is a man in the bush where the bushes are mirrors laughing at you/your pathetic fallacies smart flesh gorgeous teeth and confident hair awaiting dignity's end

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Date: 5/22/2025 11:29:00 PM
Congratulations, poet friend on your top placement in this contest with a very thoughtful poem. An intelligent take from the prompt. Wish you a pleasant day.
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Date: 5/22/2025 12:17:00 PM
Trina, this is a wow! You came in first for me against from very stiff competition. I got more out of this with every reading - just hopped out of the bushes to praise you "for real"!
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Trina Layne
Date: 5/22/2025 7:30:00 PM
Thanks for the feedback! I was very intrigued by the prompt. I wanted to follow through with my impressions and thoughts. It worked out well on this occasion.
Date: 5/22/2025 11:41:00 AM
A winner in a Craigy contest. That's quite a feat. Awesome job
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Trina Layne
Date: 5/22/2025 7:27:00 PM
Thanks, Tom!

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