Like fresh ice-cream
a newly baked cake
the ripple of a stream
the stillness of a lake
Is innocence untouched
Purity unsmutched
'Fore world makes inroads
'N virtuosity erodes
Now life's been hurdled
'n the cake's gone stale
the ice cream's curdled
and from the lake, a wail
May 29, 2021
May 29, 2021 at 7:14 PM UTC
Like fresh ice-cream
a newly baked cake
the ripple of a stream
the stillness of a lake
Is innocence untouched
Purity unsmutched
'Fore world makes inroads
'N virtuosity erodes
Now life's been hurdled
'n the cake's gone stale
the ice cream's curdled
and from the lake, a wail
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