called out
for teasing with my words
a faker fashioning phrases
to lure a trusting mind
into my poetic snare
I’d rather be
a magician pulling a thesaurus
out of a hat
a dreamer catching a falling star
holding its rhyme
in a Mason jar
a lamplighter reaching
up to light a circle
of night air
a patch of dark ground
a way home
but not a teaser
keeping a secret
or trying to deceive
with my images that anyone may see
my metaphors as deep as a mirror…
Barry DeCarli
August 15-21, 2015
On Hammond Pond
©2015 Barry DeCarli
draft #4
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