Sincerity’s phantasm prorogated by pursed lips,
duality in essence so sublime,
the revolving door of my soul
leading to a panoply of portals,
all masked as reason’s ruse
so one will ever know
if my practical bin of prevarication’s perils
possesses lucre or litter.
I’ll go looking for bargains in another’s mind,
probing the cerebral china,
careful to fill my cart with the chards of thought,
but never confessing if my pilfering
was plunder or souvenir.
How sweet the effulgence effigies
gleamed by cunning and craft,
horded in a repository
where the treasures can be defined
by a plethora of possibilities.
For greed is so heavenly
when its snare can appear as halo
even though a noose.
And who shall lift the façade
from my lair of deified depravity?
Since after all,
shopping is essential to survival,
which blesses both the thief and saint.
Author notes
prompt: ambiguity
A contest entry
- Illusionary Poetry by Amera.
2000 points, ended November 14, 2008, 12 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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I love this! You took the prompt and created a masterpiece. Your poetic voice is unmistakable and your use of alliteration is that of a master.
Love,
Amera
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Your artful articulation is impressive in this well rounded piece.
Clever turn of a title also.
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Yeah.
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You pulled out another wonderful write and I love it! Good luck in the contest
I’ll go looking for bargains in another’s mind,
probing the cerebral china,
careful to fill my cart with the chards of thought,
but never confessing if my pilfering
was plunder or souvenir.
shopping is essential to survival,
which blesses both the thief and saint
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Another one, How do you keep making such good poems. What's your inspiration or are you just that good.
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Another ver awesome poem by the Pnemen excellent poetry machine
I’ll go looking for bargains in another’s mind,
probing the cerebral china,
careful to fill my cart with the chards of thought,
but never confessing if my pilfering
was plunder or souvenir.
I thought this was noting short of sensational
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