MYSTICAL CYNICISM

MYSTICAL CYNICISM

My
Poems are
Too long
For words

In the
Age of
Dead
Revelation

Dark
Vanity

The media
Of uncomfortable
Verses

That still
Awaken
Each night

Searching for
Something they
Cannot find

Their souls
Still linger
Still grieve
For the
Printed page

In silence

~ R.M. Engelhardt
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