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10/3/2016 10:27:40 PM

Bob Atkinson
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Energy of Diction

- by - Bob Atkinson




spell me here for a moment

this thought of words displayed

gives me some room to think aloud

about my use of communication




do I try hard to distinguish thoughts

with character of verbs and nouns

or do I use an easy way to talk

not erudite nor profound




or do I use a level path

which gains or drops not as

I spend my time, no sympathy

head not fully canted




watch me speak with pomposity

that trend which sells my soul

for ego driven ecstasy

to comfort me when old




forced, in a quiet time

to blend my thoughts with words

I keep those conflicts to a minimum

and shun poetic verve




I cannot seem to believe

we have no feelings left

which don't apply to our lives

or seek to bring out our best




bring our best to a page

where another can deduce

we've gone not overboard with lies

and other common abuses




so please find me distracted when

I choose those simple words in speech

which describe my feelings on a subject

private and discreet




for I've been given a hand of cards

I don't fully understand

yet someday, with effort I may find

some words with which to plan




plan an option for my duty

to settle differences by deduction

that worn out tool which we don't use

when we declare abstractions




as we prefer to glare with eyes

not concerned with common good

unfocused on our blindness to

our purpose in this world
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10/17/2016 1:20:37 PM

Graphite Drug
Posts: 81
Excellent work Bob. I like this best of all your work I have read. It has an interesting contradictive character, desiring simple language,yet being complex and poetic.
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