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Sunday, October 19, 2014

WORDLE #183

For Sunday Whirl:

WISH YOU WERE HERE...


without a shadow of doubt
truth is stranger than fiction
so steel yourself for a shock...
as a martyr to your cause
your own childhood ambition
to be a holy seer
trapped you held you prisoner
to a secret you thought safe
until you heard the laughter
the scornful crazy mocking
that flawed your precious diamond
that took the shine right off it

12 comments:

  1. Truth can certainly take the shine off many a dream...sadly...

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  2. Isn't it curious what strange dreams we have of our future when young. Luckily most of us wise up to it and find something more suitable.

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  3. Yes agree with J Cosmo ... "tightly put, neatly said"

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  4. hummmm…..secrets, better not to keep them, perhaps throw them away, bury them, hide them in the cellar, they do have a way of getting out…and halloween is near!

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  5. Laugh all you like - I'll keep mine thank you very much!!!

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  6. Hey don't let em take yr shine away .....

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  7. "took the shine right off it"--ouch...so emotionally compelling!

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  8. Concise and well put, Stan.

    Pamela

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  9. "truth is stranger than fiction" ... Sometimes it is.

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  10. So much truth in this poem. I'm guessing you figure out what song the words came from

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