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Printed from https://writing.com/main/books/entry_id/1028199-Heads-and-Tails
Rated: E · Book · Entertainment · #2268464
Entries to Express It In Eight from September 2020 to the present .
#1028199 added March 4, 2022 at 10:48am
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Heads and Tails
Heads and Tails

The truth is plain and unadorned,
there’s no need to embellish
what’s clear cannot be suborned,
to do so would be hellish

It’s lies that need prettifying
with twirls and swirls and tweaking,
and sleights unedifying,
so devious and sneaking.



Line count: 8
Rhymed abab
For Express It In Eight, 09.28.21
Prompt: Embellish.

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