Absent Wisdom

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thomasbenjamin
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Absent Wisdom

Post by thomasbenjamin » July 18th, 2016, 1:54 pm

Absent Wisdom

how trite,
is the song of the egoist.
of self adorning love,
of the devil's
learned delusion;
to take off your shoes
and put yourself
into another.
to give death credence
is the same old story
a sleight of tongue.
small sacrifices
to absolve
knotted fallacies.
away from the dark
in your eyes.



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Re: Absent Wisdom

Post by Spence » July 28th, 2016, 3:39 am

Small concessions and admissions are used to appease people enough to keep them away from hounding after the larger, deeper, darker crimes and wrongs being done. How trite, indeed, with too many complicit in the dance.


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Re: Absent Wisdom

Post by dwells » August 12th, 2016, 2:16 pm

A well written portrait TB and we all know the type, or should as we grow older. The Devil's greatest skill is in his disguise. Cheers and welcome to TPS! - Dan


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Re: Absent Wisdom

Post by JASON » August 19th, 2016, 2:50 pm

I get the first 5 lines loud and clear but am lost after that...
You write well - just a little too deep for me ... :smile:



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Re: Absent Wisdom

Post by Ladywildalice » September 3rd, 2017, 3:03 pm

Indeed, there are those who can spout all manner of mantras "do unto others", "walk a mile my shoes", "all you need is love", while behind closed doors they join the whispers of those who would "do unto others before they do unto you". Maneuver-ers,
users, liars, players....all out to take care of number #1. Excellent. Distractions is a great weapon to use while stabbing someone in the back. Thanks


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