Tick, Tick, Tick

Knowing the answer,
excuses imbue

The right thing for others,
 never following through

A feigned double standard,
the past in pursuit

Reckoning scheduled
—payment en route

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2020)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Nau Avatar
February 2, 2020 at 1:38 PM
BOY! If this isn’t the truth, I think for us all at one time or another. EXCELLENT.
Behm Avatar
February 2, 2020 at 1:54 PM
Thanks Edlynn, very kind of you. Kurt
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