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Premium Member I See You
I See You...

Wanderer, wanderer, lost in the haze
void of direction, succumb to the craze.
Give ear to my madness, so deftly designed;
deception de-jour: aimed to muddle...

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Categories: swindle, confusion, corruption, emotions, hyperbole,
Form: Couplet



Premium Member Poetry
It makes me sad
to read such wonderful prose
hidden only cause many seem impaired
lighting dimmed
softness fades
missing true gems, for glittered dreams

Like ones travels
explore
discover hidden Lanes
quiet places...

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Categories: swindle, beautiful, humanity, integrity, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Desperate Hope
Written: December 19, 2023 

"His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on a sinking ship. Edmund Wilson"

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© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: swindle, analogy, angst, character, deep,
Form: Rhyme
Good Versus Evil
4/30/18


The prequel
Of good vs. evil
Did they ever consider each other equal?
One side peaceful
The other deceitful

In the beginning
Neither side was really winning
As the globe continued spinning

Brimming
With...

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Categories: swindle, dark, perspective, poetry, rap,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member My Precious, Darling Nissan Boy
My precious, darling Nissan boy,
one day I knew you wouldn’t last.
Although I thought it just a ploy,
a swindle planned to take my cash.

Barely you made...

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Categories: swindle, car, goodbye, loss,
Form: Quatern



Smells Like Government

Rancid lemon rope squeeze
around a rotten tomato neck tie,
crooked odor bow hanging out of place 
Acid reflux raisin tax bleed;
dripping spoiled, milquetoast lies
out a sour-twisted,...

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Categories: swindle, corruption, satire, truth, word
Form: Burlesque
A Marriage Creed
A Marriage Creed

So now my little Man, you've gotten tired of grass"
LSD, goof balls, hash" and pills. Someone pretending to
be your friend - decided to...

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Categories: swindle, addiction,
Form: Acrostic
Miss Heroin
So now little lady, your tired of hash, cocaine, LSD, downers and grass,
Then someone pretending to be genuine introduced you to little miss heroin,
Well honey...

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Categories: swindle, social, me, me,
Form: I do not know?
With This Needle, I Thee Wed...
So now little man you're tired of grass,
LSD,PCP, cocaine, speed and hash.
You think you've tried them all, think again.
When someone pretending to be a true...

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Categories: swindle, confusion, life, time, me,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member A Prodigy In Pieces
A boy and board in Brooklyn
bedeviled by the breath of baroque battles
bemused with a belligerent brain beauty
and befriended by battlefield bravado, 
the chessmen championed his...

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Categories: swindle, america, heart, history,
Form: Epic
The Crooked Cop
He'd swindle fate, but they bought in
protected by a badge' restraint,
the pusher, in a ring, his nose
would deal with any dealing's pose!

So "sell for us"...

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Categories: swindle, native american, political, sad
Form: Monorhyme
The Mysterious Crystal Ball
The Mysterious Crystal Ball

Is this glass sphere a Gothic masterpiece of time
or a mere ball of glass with no significance at all
The Crystal Ball to...

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Categories: swindle, dark,
Form: Free verse
The Worst of the Lot
As a nation, Malaysia is but a mere 28 million strong..
Diverse as she is, we as citizens sing together her national song...
Entitled Negara Ku or...

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Categories: swindle, abuse, betrayal, community, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Edges of Life
Yes, the cry got it to settle
now so new, in its own class
see one cow to add on a cattle
wax the gut for the raw...

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Categories: swindle, adventure, life,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member The Faces of Man
"The Faces of Man"



The faces of Man
transformative 
held in the hand 
of Mephistopheles 

blood sells white and red
pontificating with two fingers

consuming greed for 
want of...

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Categories: swindle, dark, humanity, psychological,
Form: Epic

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