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Veracity Returned

Kurt Philip Behm

Lying to myself…
the truth swimming free

Escaping prevarication,
abandoning my schemes

The water got deep,
its weight dragged and pulled

Till veracity returned
—resuscitation fulfilled

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)
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Submitted by Kurt Philip Behm on March 01, 2019

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Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
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Kurt Philip Behm

Longtime writer with twelve books in publication. Three of them Poetry. : The Death Of The Playground : The Sword Of Ichiban : Searching For Crazy Horse : Darkening Sun : An Anthology Of Perception-Vol's 1 & 2 : After Midnight : Sammy And Bumpers : The Fall City Mandate : Revenge Along The War Trail : Death from The Sky more…

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