Nightmare Awoken

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The mask or the screen,
What’s never to know
What’s never to see

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Your name to mislead,
One more cryptic posting
That always deceives

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Both petty and preened,
The bees in your bonnet
No stinger foreseen

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You know what I mean,
With feelings all borrowed
And vistas unseen

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The sourest cream,
No reason to wish
All hope dressed in green

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Your anger unweaned,
My answer then sharp
My rapier free

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Not to sleep or to dream,
Your nightmare awoken
In daylight you scream

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One curse washes clean,
Your blessings defaced
  —no chance to redeem

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)