Intertwine

Selected Editor's Choice for Time of Singing Poetry Journal Winter Contest 2022/2023 for Ekphrastic Poetry.

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The nose is exaggerated, the brows
elongated with mouth distorted and face
full of wrinkles. The impression plows
to embed a warped mind in the chase.

They overlap and intertwine the real,
the fake and the charade. All feign and tangle
together to beguile the soul, bear and feel
the hurt, compelled to choke and strangle.

The colors are out of proportion, so are
the sizes and shapes. The grief is on fire,
origin of the origin, aim and stare
at the core of the target, fury and ire.

No one notices the twist, they turn a blind eye
to the curious mind that keeps asking why.

 

 

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