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seventeen syllables
jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec
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reticent flowers
whispering of sweet deceit
draw blood with each bloom
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for vicious heroes
copacetic by decline
twilight raises hopes
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02
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heresy's object
defines the role of virtue
by tactile contrast
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eager minds connect
parasympathetically
over silent wires
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avid realists
negate the cost of vision
through long compromise
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friendly intentions
manifest by increments
as hostile ones
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silent waves collide
drawing under the surface
hopeful contenders
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sordid callous words
forbidding the price of sight
restrain against course
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05
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myriad results
inverted by cold reason
disconnect from life
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untold wisdom lost
to impenetrable fear
drifting aimlessly
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06
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light the path back home
write the names of those you love
fight the entropy
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blinded by fury
recognizant of darkness
forged in virtue's loss
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active aggressors
cheat the children of chaos
hastily humbled
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unnoticed trauma
delegates before the cause
private lassitude
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patient impulses
unify cause and effect
tactfully enmeshed
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perilous sleeping
intensified by time
furthers the course
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manipulate events
pull the strings of relation
crossing every wire
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mollify distaste
with niceties of custom
watch the eyes go cold
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suspended in time
like a bug trapped in amber
the moment hangs still
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untidy errands
delay certainty of chance
with forceful results
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hostile intentions
override heart and reason
with little warning
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when each child decides
the parent's dawning trauma
breaks into hope
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persistent malaise
microscopic artifice
active portrayal
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fragrant radiance
dissolving in spreading pools
without resistance
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microscopic truths
concatenate resentment
in tiniest steps
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sacrificial minds
plastered with callous nature
elevate the few
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with vigorous hope
silent partners share their fears
cautioning reserve
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stranded in shadows
pilloried by circumstance
punished for each choice
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portentous amends
patience fails before the dawn
reeling by starlight
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virulent caution
perplexes the avoidant
fear paralysis
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unseen petulance
informs the need for reason
with shrill urgency
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