Tricks of Speech
Existential considerations of the wordy type
Cold is not the opposite of heat.
Itβs the icy absence we call freezing.
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War doesnβt restore the land to peace.
Itβs on its own path, causing death and disaster.
βοΈποΈβοΈποΈβοΈποΈβοΈποΈβοΈποΈβοΈποΈ
Darkness is not the flip side of light.
It has simply turned down the volume
A lessening creates the night.
πβοΈπβοΈπβοΈπβοΈπβοΈπβοΈ
Arrival, leaving does not necessarily precede.
Some things always have they been
And never, either can they leave.
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Health isnβt a lack of doctor's visits.
Itβs the freedom to eat, drink, and sleep without thinking,
to painlessly rebuild what keeps you going.
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Even the most cowardly is a hero to someone.
While I have stood in the face of danger,
Watching so-called βheroesβ
turn their backs on me and run.
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Grief is not Joyβs brother
He is a vicious and jealous lover,
hell bent, you will be had by no other
π§Ώππ§Ώππ§Ώππ§Ώππ§Ώππ§Ώπ
So you've seen a hungry man eat,
Did he sate himself, or take a few bites
And save the rest to feed his offspring?
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Teach the foolish all the lies that you want.
The wise still riot in the streets
for their share of food and books.
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Having an infinite supply creates
not an ounce of demand.
Some things not even the
richest can call up off-hand.
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Every loss is not followed
by a sudden, inexplicable gain.
Sometimes itβs loss after loss
leading to a painful zero-sum end game.
K.B. Silver
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K.B. Silver
K.B. Silver has poems published in magazine Wishbone Words, and lit journals: Sheepshead Review, New Note Poetry, Twisted Vine, Avant Appa[achia, Plants and Poetry, recordings in Stanza Cannon, and pieces in Wingless Dreamer anthologies.
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