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crypticbard
crypticbard
May 03, 2025 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

revelatory

Secrets are secret
Truth cannot expound
Everything is vanity
No comfort to be found

Truth is relative
or so it is, they say
Life for us is short
no time to dry the hay

What Truth will illumine
Lies would then conceal
with ebony tusks uncover
wounds that would not heal

About This Poem

Style/Type: Free verse

Review Request Intensity: I appreciate moderate constructive criticism

Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Region, Country: West Moreton, AUS

Favorite Poets: There is nothing quite as boring as a life completely devoid of shadows.

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Geezer

Geezer

2 months 1 week ago

If the intent...

was to give one an air of mystery, then the attempt was successful. It was properly ambiguous.
P.S. Ebony tusks, rotten teeth?
~ Geez.
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Frederick Kesner

Frederick Kesner

2 months 1 week ago

Thanks Geezer, your feedback

Thanks Geezer, your feedback is very valuable, direct and polite. Your visits are much appreciated. Good to have you on board, as always. In all the years of neo, you shine. :)

Geezer

Geezer

2 months 1 week ago

A simple...

thank you is sufficient, I've begun to think that you have a case of the crazies, I'm happy to help when I can. ~ Geez.
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Frederick Kesner

Frederick Kesner

2 months 1 week ago

it's not such a bad thing to

it's not such a bad thing to have a case of the crazies - I'm not in office and neither do i intend to be. Being simple isn't always the case in a literary site, verbosity should reign where possible... :D just following your lead Geez "'cause there ain't no place like this place anywhere near this place.'" :)

Geezer

Geezer

2 months 1 week ago

That is...

an attitude that I can live with. ~ Geez.
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