Piercingly epodic passages,
indistinguishable as snowflakes
to the discerning eye, perceived
as prevised precept,
distinct misgivings groveling
about ego's mucky absolution,
flaunting deeply defiled relevance
as a sense of self-gratifying value,
lost art's impetuous reevaluations mid
suspicions' efficaciousness
transference of slurred refrain's
beat tempo, cascading
between spaces forgotten &
remembrance's sake
swirled within inky ravishment
of acknowledged exhalations,
melodic memories' unhinged
metronome arrangements
played like escaped violin strings on fire,
the truth will burn a path of
whorling relentless reflection
dancing on quarter tone's double
sharp notes, tucked aside
as life's dispassionate poetry
unfurls in uncomposed madness
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