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all poets are used to deceit

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Published: Aug 10, 2012

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_{are you still savoring
the taste of deceit
off the edge
of your limerick tongue?
you know what i mean
you "poet of unusual sorts,"
with your
chaotic green eyes
and skin of pale misfortune
leaving scents of sweet seas when oceans
begin to spite you.

yes, your silent panthers,
loyal only to the sound of sonnets
of broken piano chords
and keys and torn six-strings.
those slithe things will
prove to you
once,
that betrayal is just eight letters
of pleasure undercover.

it's these little beauties that
will make you see;
every liar was an artist
and every poet was a whore,
just till the point
they owned you no more.

every limerick was a trap
and every stroke a cry;
and my every little breath,
sweet deceit strolling by.}

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_{"all of my life i’ve been a lost satellite
it’s all a waste of time with me
before i get it right
and i miss you paradise
although you’re over"
-- miss you paradise; emma hewitt.

we're all liars.}