Never Disowned
It’s dated, people said,
Now serves as fig-leaf spread
For words once sharp and dread.
The label “dated” serves
To keep what none preserves
And old contempt unswerves.
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Volition
Choice, a polite conceit,
the brain, on clement days,
allows—willpower’s feat.
This quiet diplomat
negotiates with grace,
and seldom shows its face.
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Indifference
A solo voice ascends;
One patron takes a seat.
No second ear attends.
The polite coughs will serve
To keep the constant hum.
Indifference preserves.
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Occasion
Means make the scheme complete,
Motive renders it fleet,
Occasion proves discreet.
Means without check grow bold,
Motive without shame cold,
Chance without witness old.
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Tomorrow’s Book
The foreword, soft and terse,
Apologising verse,
A polished, brief reverse.
The final page, a list
Of matters left in mist,
That no resolve has kissed.
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Presentable
A wiped and social face,
A spotless, anxious grace,
A mute and blameless place.
No hue is truly clean,
Just practised ways convene
To hide what might be seen.
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Candid Caution
Grant leave to speak with care,
But candour's blade so bare,
So wear the gloves with care.
Observe a certain skill
That confidence can fill,
But competence stands still.
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Scrutiny
A polished sentence draws
The quick and loud applause.
A quiet fact gives pause.
The staged address beguiles
The crowd with clever wiles.
But fact refutes the smiles.
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True Crime
The truth arrives quite late,
A rare, belated trait,
With offhand, measured freight.
The facts remain quite blunt,
Accounts can bend and curve,
While stories bear the brunt.
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Half-truths
A note that sticks, half-true,
It plays the tune, not pledge,
The promise stripped of clue.
They speak in civil tones,
Each phrase precisely weighed,
And leave the rest as loans.
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