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By Paul StewartPublished 9 months ago Updated 9 months ago 1 min read
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I will lead you down a path you don't want to take in search of the signs of hope you desire . Because I can . I am no prophet Le disruptor . Taking liberties With poetic formula . Like a prick at a sorority party Profane meeting with virginal pristineness Taking beauty and warping grinding it down . Where for art thou . The poem That poem The one that will be remembered For hundreds of years . I am many things but not Ozymandias . A cultural heathen with literary smarts I abuse at every turn . No easy rhymes Never the most elegant . Filidh makar Bard to some Leader and visionary to others . I think therefore I burden you with whatever comes forth when I think— more than greater than, always more than equal to. . (it) Being the subject brings me back to you. . You— being the recipient.Start writing...

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Paul Stewart

Award-Winning Writer, Poet, Scottish-Italian, Subversive.

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    Written by Paul Stewart