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THE LANTERN THIEF

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Verse 1
On the ridge, a man swings a lantern…
No fire inside, yet he parades it.
He gathers stray glimmers, calls them briefly his own…
Ridge winds whisper: your light’s a borrowed tone.

Chorus
Lantern wide… he marches on…
Every flicker… he calls his own… (his own)
Plains sense the hollow heat…
Flames reveal truth, even in your play…
La da… la da…
La da… la da…

Verse 2
Kneeling where old fires faded…
He lifts embers like newborn gold.
He reaches for dreams… leaves ash behind…
Truth in the dirt recalls all told.

Chorus
Lantern wide… he marches on…
Every flicker… he calls his own… (his “own”)
Plains sense the hollow heat…
Flames reveal truth, even in your play…
La da… la da…
La da… la da…

Bridge
Nightfolk nodded under starlit dust…
A tune set loose… like Wilde’s whisper thrust…
“Talent borrows,” an arrow soft yet true…
Strikes the chest… leaving its due behind…

Verse 3
He heard the tune… and laughed at measure…
Called the stray verse… a minor treasure…
Plains stayed quiet… watchers kept on listening…
Truth drifts under empty skies… glinting…
A lantern gleaming… in places it never shone…
Tells a tale only sharpened eyes recognize…

Final Chorus
Lantern wide… he marches on…
Every flicker… he calls his own…
Plains sense the hollow heat…
Flames reveal truth, even in your play…
La da… la da…
La da… la da…

Note: The lantern thief steals his glimmer of light from another’s flame, and then parades it as if it’s his own. The “plains” (regular poets see it), the “watchers” (soup admin) just watch, sometimes rewarding the thief for his “borrowed” light. While the lantern thief remains completely blind that everyone knows he’s a fraud.

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