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The Ballad of Circumlocution
In realms where thought and tempests meet
where shifting sands outpace the feet
a creature stirs with cunning guise
Circumlocution cloaked in darkened skies
its words like desert viper’s sting
they strike the heart then coil and cling.
Through jungles thick with tangled green
where vines obscure what might be seen
it stalks like the jaguar sleek and sly
its golden gaze a riddle’s cry
or like chimera fierce and wild
a fractured beast both false and beguiled
its serpent tail in shadowed trees
betrays the hope the heart believes
In ancient halls where diablos dwell
it wields the lies that empires fell
in Caesar’s court where daggers gleamed
and treachery unspoken sat and schemed
or slinks through Troy a wooden guise
where victory rose from cunning lies
it twists the winds with hollow cries
then veils-the-vale / in dim disguise.
Yes, it veils-the-vale in / dim disguise.
Behold the beast of mountain stone
its peaks adorned in clouds alone
it soars above a harpy fierce
its talons sharp its cries will pierce
or climbs as goat with steady tread
to mask the lies its steps have spread
from Babel’s tower words were torn
and chaos birthed the world forlorn
In dungeons of ancient kings
where secrets hide and silence clings
a sphinx will wait with golden stare
its riddles trap the unaware
on Nile’s flow where Pharaohs reigned
the truth lay masked its essence stained
it encrypts itself through hieroglyphs
as devils dance on wordless rifts
It circles round volcano’s fire
a salamander of desire
its molten skin both burns and lures
its beauty masks what none endures.
or like a Fenghuang cloaked in flame
it rises false then dies in shame
from Pompeii’s ash to Vesuvius’ roar.....
deception-claimed both / rich and poor.
yes, deception-claimed / both rich and poor.
This beast swims deep through ocean tides
an orca cloaked in strength and pride
its dorsal fin slices the blue.
its dialect hides what once was true
or like a siren’s mournful cry
it lures the lost where truths must die.
as sailors sought the spice-filled seas
to find their dreams but not their peace .
Oh how the mind in stygian deep
will clutch at lies the soul must keep
for truth though pure is sharp as blade
and scars the heart where hopes have stayed
yet hearts once pierced may rise anew
their wounds the proof of what is true
Through darkened ages truth lay bound
its voice suppressed its light unwound
yet from the shadows rose its flame
reborn to cleanse the earth of shame
the wheel of time turns lies to dust
as truth revives what once was just
In webs of glass and circuits hum
where truths dissolve and lies become
a digital chimera spreads its guise
its code conceals its shadow lies
through algorithms sharp and thin
it bends the world and draws us in
The Earth deceived by mortal hand
succumbs to greed its truths unmanned
yet nature’s voice though silenced long
revives in reverance fierce and strong
the jaguar stalks the heron waits
and rivers carve through time’s debates
In constellations vast and bright
deception veils the ancient light
the stars though fractured still endure
their truths eternal vast and pure
through cosmic winds and endless skies
the universe unmasked replies
Oh Circumlocution vast and wide
your reign dissolves with time and tide
though sweet your voice though grand your schemes
the world now bleeds for simpler dreams
in silence truth reclaims its throne
and hearts once lost now / stand alone.
yes, hearts-once-lost /now stand alone.
Copyright ©
Daniel Henry Rodgers
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