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A Small Hole in the Façade

A Small Hole in the Façade

a quick poem while reading a book ☺

 
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Borges XD (not inspired by him, but i was reading it)
So I wonder, how do you speak so well?
Do such phrases simply grow between your teeth
or have you dirigible factories behind your eyes?
A staple belief in wisdom fails to explain with reason,
as in the case of fallen apples and the trees,
why oral expositions reign high offices
and experiment with active ingredients
to destroy the lies of hopeful diets;
fiends starve to feast on those beliefs,
to taste the lack of substantial purpose
and die bare-boned, with the virgin’s pride.
Exchanging faces and dialects in speakers and flat screens,
hues can’t touchup wounds underneath the skin;
scarred and marred in the pursuit of peace,
the situation unmans itself becoming cold.
Broken down then rebuilt with interchangeable parts;
The shrieks of joy, when the last cement block dries,
crack a small hole in the façade
shining light onto the sleight-of-hand,
revealing all truth for a moment before filling in the space.
 
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  • Review Title.
    Posted Mar 2, 2009
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    You caught me with it in the beginning. I really liked how you started, got me engaged with the poem, and ready to enjoy it. The pacing wasn't so bad, and the flow was pretty good.

    "and die bare-boned, with the virgin’s pride."
    I like the sarcastic implications ar... (read more)
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