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In a Cold, Bleak World

like the spokes of a wheel 
                         giving 
                     an illusion 
           of reverse movement,

            playing wicked tricks 
                on sound minds,
          telling blatant white lies 
               to eyes wide open,

                              nothing Is what It seems...

           in this nihilistically dark, 
             violent, cynical world 
          of immoral men, dames 
and double-crossing femme-fatales. 

        a gloomy underbelly where 
        all are lost in a blinding fog 
            of bewildering mystery 
                    and treachery; 

          where a plethora of vices 
          and corruption hold sway, 
       where danger and pessimism
                 lurk in the shadows...

                        and nothing 
                    is what it seems; 
                 this cold, dark world, 
                     seen in film noir.


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Date written: 01/23/23

Copyright © Edward Ibeh

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