Reality Challenged

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



Today?
Many are finding themselves challenged.
By reality.
And whether or not the proof of it,
Should remain to exist as a way of life to live.

Many prefer,
To keep their allegations and assumptions...
Kept to spread.
Whispered to gossip.
Without facts or evidence.
And with a hope that being duped,
Will eventually bestow upon them...
Benefits in their investments made,
In being stupid and as far away from truth.
As possible.
With fiction to delude,
That leaves their own reality created painless.
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Written on August 14, 2022

Submitted by lpahtillah on August 14, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 501
Words 101
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 5, 12

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