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Mar 21, 2010
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Deceived
Deceived
acrimony drips from
your poison pen
as rage and resentment
strip your mind
of all but me
In this small way
I own you
albeit for
a very short time
However I am like
the sand flea
irritating the skin
where I burrow
Keeping you
constantly focused on me
I offered you
seldom given friendship
While you offered me
the snakes and slugs
of your well-rehearsed
cold-born deceptions
I should have known
from the foul stench of them
You were playing
me for a fool
who opened his heart
praying on my sympathies
like a blood-sucking leach
Watching you perform
your great act on others
has opened my eyes
seeing your true countenance
come together
under your mask
I see you understand
my recognition
You move like a flash
to strike first
discrediting me
within times
patient stream
you shall be known
for the charlatan
of your own scheming
the last thing you see
will be the steady gaze
of my satisfied eyes
You believe played well
To those that don't see
Beyond the idle words
Truth rings through as usual
— Candlewitch, Mar 21, 2010
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Seren
16 years 2 months ago
Truth always outs … the
Candlewitch
16 years 2 months ago
Dear Jayne-Chloe
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16 years 2 months ago
sounds like you should just
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16 years 2 months ago
Hello Troy
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Hello Indi
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16 years 2 months ago
These kind of people can
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Dear Mand
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Wow Cat I need to send this one too
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Dear Mona
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Gee Cat
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Hey talented Lady
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Dear Rosina
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Powerful Perceptive Write
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Dearest Lyz
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Dear Cat
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hi Lyz
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Dear Cat
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16 years 2 months ago
hi cat
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Dear ziggy
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16 years 2 months ago
Thanks Eph
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16 years 2 months ago
Dear C., Anger is the
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16 years 2 months ago
Dear P.
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Dear Licia
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16 years 2 months ago
lancing a boil
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16 years 2 months ago
Hello Ian
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Hi Cat
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16 years 2 months ago
Dear Leonard
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16 years 2 months ago
Great poem
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16 years 2 months ago
Hello M.D.
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16 years 2 months ago
oh cat !!
Candlewitch
16 years 2 months ago
LOL! Thanks Judy. I’m
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Congrats to you my Glenda
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16 years 2 months ago
LOL
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16 years 1 month ago
Hmmm!
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16 years 1 month ago
Dear Dan
ziggy
15 years 11 months ago
hi cat
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15 years 11 months ago
Dear Ziggy
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15 years 11 months ago
Some thing brang me back to this poem of yours
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15 years 11 months ago
Dearest Mona
magics02
15 years 11 months ago
Yes this happens in life
Tam the Chanter
15 years 11 months ago
the way ro a man's heart