Lines Composed in a BarA Poem by Wilyem Clark
I'm no one important--
Just a simple soul, Sensitive, unobtrusive, Indivisibly invisible, Sensibly ridiculous, Obligingly indirect: A man who chooses to deflect. And if I don't indulge, It's because most gay indulgences Are wastes of time, Not to mention detrimental To one's posture and integrity. What need have we for backbones? Who cares about integrity? Well, look and see what happens When scruples are abandoned, When principles are shredded And used to fuel infernos. Once we've lost our bearings, It’s hard to find the footpath; One slip and we are falling Down a bottomless precipice. © 2019 Wilyem Clark |
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1 Review Added on July 1, 2019 Last Updated on July 1, 2019 AuthorWilyem ClarkWashington, DCAboutI've been writing poems since my teens (now in my 60s) and prose since the 1990s. It's been hard finding decent forums online--the free websites too often suffer sudden deaths. My "published" works ar.. more..Writing
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