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Jenny Gordon Aug 2017
I suppose it was a foolish thought to broach the topic?



(sonnet #MCMLXX)


'Tis those who read between the lines with care
And canny insight who best know.  But let
The same beware, for what is hidden's set
Not for mere show and at a touch may flare
Up with the violence of the wound just there
Beneath the surface' thinness, eas'ly fret
Though held as under guard lest it forget
And give a voice to what sense would not share.
Then we shall argue whether 'tis unwise
To keep such secrets, do you say?  Well, who
Shall profit by disclosure that the prize
Kept thus unspoken's worth the interview?
I move 'tis not so needful for our eyes
To see the e'il, as to restore what it'd undo.

11Feb13b
The only question over 4 years later is whether I've casually dropped the more veiled rendition in favour of naked lines, and so, *sigh*...well, then what?  I'll give you half an ear, how's that?

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