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Keep Evidence

An Ekphrastic Sonnet

By D. J. ReddallPublished 11 months ago • 1 min read
Caravaggio, "David With Goliath's Head" 1607

Fools deny the existence of giants

Their minds have modest, confined dimensions

Their worlds are formed from mundane elements

They have small, arid imaginations

Some of us are familiar with monsters

We've felt their hands around our gasping throats

We know they will resort to vile measures

To sink our fragile, tempest ravaged boats

Cruel, cunning traitors; vicious liars

They mourn our triumphs and love our failures

They kill our dreams and mock our desires

Of remembering our faults, they're masters

When you best a monster, keep evidence

For the skeptics, and your own confidence

Ekphrastic

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D. J. Reddall

I write because my time is limited and my imagination is not.

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    Written by D. J. Reddall