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The precursor of destruction:
reflections on constructions
that encourage weakness,
rely on bleakness
rather than liberated fire. 
I find a liar in desire that rages only inside the lines,
the pages and pages of nothing divine.
A productive vine without any buds. 
A tongue that screams only in thuds.
This poet’s notes.
What are the words these dull hands wrote;
just gimcrack jingles
sending tingles 
into all that lacks?
Finding the crack and slathering it in paint.
Here it go, making new complaints
and again predicting my own demise
in royal teams of bold faced lies,
and loyal schemes of old self-doubt.
Let the fire out. 
Get the liar out. 
Know what this life is about. 
Feel it, don’t steal it.
Between fun and life live dreams.
Nothing is ever quite as it seems.

The precursor of destruction: reflections on constructions that encourage weakness, rely on bleakness rather than liberated fire. I find a liar in desire that rages only inside the lines, the pages and pages of nothing divine. A productive vine without any buds. A tongue that screams only in thuds. This poet’s notes. What are the words these dull hands wrote; just gimcrack jingles sending tingles into all that lacks? Finding the crack and slathering it in paint. Here it go, making new complaints and again predicting my own demise in royal teams of bold faced lies, and loyal schemes of old self-doubt. Let the fire out. Get the liar out. Know what this life is about. Feel it, don’t steal it. Between fun and life live dreams. Nothing is ever quite as it seems.

#Dec18 #Poem from #Prompts

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"The #precursor of destruction:
#reflections on constructions..."

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The Christmas orchestra
has fallen on hard times
so much so that
during "Sleigh Bells"
the literal bells
fell apart
because they were
#gimcrack #jingles
and the chimes
devolved to noise.

#firewords280 #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

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The Curious Case of the Gimcrack

Pronounced /ˈdʒɪm.kræk/, "gimcrack" is a noun for a showy but cheaply made object. Originating from Middle English "gibecrake," it highlights the gap between appearance and quality.

#WordLovers #Etymology #Gimcrack

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Three ceramic dodo birds. Adult, fledgling and hatchling. 
Decorated in flowers and vines in Delft blue.

Three ceramic dodo birds. Adult, fledgling and hatchling. Decorated in flowers and vines in Delft blue.

#DelftsBlue #Dodo #gimcrack
There’s a new hatchling !

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