I will not let you
spread your tentacles
to catch them young
take away
all that is fair and nice
rebrand ethics
remnants of pride
broken and put together
in desired shapes
blossoming
buds to be injected
with synthetic fragrance
to create
new adaptable versions
to fight your battles
a new me
not knowing what to stand for
disguised achievements
far away
from the core of being
fulfilling a grand design
from dark shadows
enriching a haze
getting lost in the same
so deeply embedded
in smoky mirrors
concealing true faces
within you
molten identities
tooting our victory
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The fight against a synthetic, inauthentic existence is one worth fighting. Way to call it out. Well done, Reena!
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Thank you so much! My fight is more against being manipulated, than being synthetic.
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A complex and complete write of this form. The undercurrent of ‘what are we doing to the place/life@ is a strong motif. Nicely woven.
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Thank you so much, Paul!
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three distinct “melody lines” here and each of the “molten” with meaning. Well done. I especially love these lines when read together:
“in smoky mirrors
concealing true faces
within you
molten identities
tooting our victory”
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Thank you so much, Lillian!
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“so deeply embedded
in smoky mirrors
concealing true faces
within you” The poems stand alone well but this combination is so good.
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Thank you so much, George!
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The darkness of this hits hard for me… I can read this in many way, but for me there is a metoo story behind your lines.
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That is the beauty of the format. One can always find a different meaning, reading it in different ways.
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I like the use of bold colour to identify the contrapuntal poems, Reena, and the weaving of the contrasting images: such as the tentacles and the blossoming buds. I also like the way you describe propaganda as ‘synthetic fragrance to create new adaptable versions’ and its results as ‘molten identities tooting our victory’.
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Thanks for noticing the finer points!
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I liked the line: “fulfilling a grand design”
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Thank you so much, Frank!
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