Duplicitous

“We are all duplicitous in one way or another.”

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collage entitled “Eden’s Desolation” © 1996 — by: rob kistner

 

Duplicitous

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this path is my shame
and so I stumble on
bent by the weight of guilt
drenched in regret
I stumble anguished
into this toxic nightfall
captive on this road to extinction
of my lethal human arrogance
prisoner of my duplicitous apathy
seeking forgiveness

~ ~ ~

rob kistner © 2019

 

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