Heeled by a murderous hegemony
in insomniant star-craved nights
they creep through the foilage
devouring spirit, peace, and sentiment
sharp canines shredding
split tongues licking
surviving in a pitiable existence of weakness
with no conscious
in their duplicitous sin, unnoted
until it is too late.
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Author notes
refers to life in a tyranny- trying to survive in a murderous, fear-gripped environment, where many say what they have to say, lie or not, hoping you will see the truth anyway and pity them, even rescue them; those who will lick whatever boots they must to protect self and family, and, most ignominiously, finger those who speak the truth to their doom to gain another day's favor, like a whipped cur, praying that the nightmare will all end soon (ie. life the late Soviet Union)...
of course, being a social issue, it could apply to many situations.
so... it represented the contest title...!
A contest entry
- "This statement is a lie." by PatheticKt.
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You've got strong metaphors here and each time, I read this, my point of view kept changing from thinking this was about war, gamble and next thing, you know, it clicked! It's about the picture prompt and damn, I got it. (It is about the picture prompt, right?)
Anyway, sorry about that. I'm sometimes slow when it comes to realizing a theme of a poem; all in all, yes, I am definitely impressed with this. I have nothing else to say- just genius
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