False Witness

If I described

a rose’s bloom

or the beauty

of the rising sun

Then I’d be writing

another’s verse

conscripted words

respun 

If I then waxed

of love on high

and hearts that

break anew

Then falsely would

I pen the lines

a plagiarist

— in view

 

(Dreamsleep: January, 2026)

 

 

 

 

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