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Manipulation

Disheveled, staggering

Consternation

The debate surreal

The participation

Is optional but I decide

To talk to the man

To hear inside

What do you think

of manipulation?

What causes these

machinations?

Lies to force and to control...

I must admit

He was on a roll

And then the same day

In the eve

With a woman

About to leave

She talks about

This very thing

Same behavior

With a different ring

And then I came

To realize

It can't be hid

Nor disguised

Both fools in rags

And ladies in style

Can spot a liar

From a mile

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colin-kohlsmith
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Published
Feb 14, 2010
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