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Truth

Laurie Michelle Adams

Treat me like a ping pong ball
Up down; side to side
I can't tell what is right
Twisted upside down
Turned inside out
I can't see what is real
Keep tossing me in illusion
Moving so fast it never stops
The spinning; the spirals
Take me down
With dizziness
Treat me like ping pong ball
So I never see the truth
So I never see the truth
So I never find the truth
What is truth
Chaos running me
Anxiety follows
Hiding in shadows
Jump out with
Precise timing
So I never see truth
So I never see truth
So I never find truth
What is truth
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Submitted by Lma212 on December 30, 2024

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Scheme abcdefghidjaKKkKlmmnoKKkK
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Characters 532
Words 109
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 25
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