Love Poem: Facade
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Written by: Howard Manser

Facade

brass wears a thin veneer
warped reflections fractured mirror

façade is a snapshot, a picture that lies
candied veneer for childlike eyes
tricked are the feuding fussing folk
conned by canned silver-tongued smoke

she spoke of two with metaphor
consequence and heretofore
laced by pouring a bawdy brew
sweetened with a blinding cue

mesmerized
she hypnotized 
dancing emerald eyes
trapped me in her wily guise   

we drank a tepid tea for two
concocted by a crafty shrew
sweaty salty we both withdrew
bidding a sweet adieu

swirling clouds blind to blur
tantrums twist failing cure
plans are the unopened wish
goals reek of rotting fish