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Rated: 18+ · Book · Spiritual · #1149750
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#1027935 added March 11, 2022 at 10:11pm
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Just A Game (hungry wolves...I pity them)
It takes a group of them, grinning,
hungry wolves
to mislead a lamb who does not follow
into the canyon where they play.

Bones decay on hard, faded orange malaise.
On their haunches, in packs,
nothing better to do.
A lamb like me could be their god
but they're unfed.

The gazes, unmistakable. Their faces
painted with deceit and games
for one who's been playing along
far longer than their collective breath.

I take in their souls, one by one
in the canyon, dodge and weave
while they espouse and be about
the 'white' lies in pathetic ignorance.

I walk among them, my soul
like armor they cannot penetrate, though
they believe their hollow teeth
sink deep beneath my hyde, but

find no flesh. Muscle and bone
do not make up this man who smiles
and nods, collects his winnings
after a day's work amid thin dogs

with nothing to devour, and
I pity them
until they find their true master.
It's not life, or death, just a game.



3.3.22

playing basketball with a bunch of ego maniacs and manipulators who use the game as some kind of tool to elevate themselves, put themselves ahead of others who just come to enjoy the game. I could teach them something, but all they see is someone they can prey upon, as if devouring me on the court will elevate their soul in some way. But, I don't let them. I wonder how long until they tire of the game I will not give up because I have true joy.


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