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Beauty: The Cleverest Mask

July 6, 2010
By iMonica BRONZE, Lincoln, California
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&quot;Obstacles do not exist to be surrendered to...only to be broken.&quot; ~ Adolf Hitler<br /> &quot;Shh...People will say we&#039;re in love.&quot; ~ Hannibal Lecter

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Beauty is the cleverest disguise
When unmasked the devil and man are there
And so ends the greatest of all lies

My gaze it fell on starlight eyes
Aphrodite can’t compare
Beauty is the cleverest disguise

You never thought I’d catch you by surprise
There’s another tangled in your hair
And so ends the greatest of your lies

So like Eden in its demise
You, like she, were tempting and so fair
Beauty was the cleverest disguise

In shame they watch the serpent rise
Oh yes, man has become aware
And so ends the greatest of his lies

Should have see through powdered guise
Should have stayed away from satin lair
I knew we’d be saying these goodbyes
And so ends the greatest of all lies

© Keenan C., Kannapolis, NC

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OfficialApprover PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 30 2010 at 6:16 pm
OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
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Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker<br /> We cannot change the cards we&#039;re dealt just how we play the hand<br /> Experience is what you get when you didn&#039;t get what you wanted<br /> It&#039;s pretty easy to be smart when you&#039;re parroting smart people<br /> -Randy Pausch

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Aren't english teachers the best?:D Mine was.  She recommended this site to me.
iMonica BRONZE said...
on Jul. 30 2010 at 6:07 pm
iMonica BRONZE, Lincoln, California
4 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Obstacles do not exist to be surrendered to...only to be broken.&quot; ~ Adolf Hitler<br /> &quot;Shh...People will say we&#039;re in love.&quot; ~ Hannibal Lecter

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Lol thank you. :)
I assure you I had no truthful intention of doing so.

My English teacher helped me with this stylistic element.

OfficialApprover PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 30 2010 at 5:59 pm
OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
48 articles 0 photos 1752 comments

Favorite Quote:
Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker<br /> We cannot change the cards we&#039;re dealt just how we play the hand<br /> Experience is what you get when you didn&#039;t get what you wanted<br /> It&#039;s pretty easy to be smart when you&#039;re parroting smart people<br /> -Randy Pausch

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:D That's clever.
iMonica BRONZE said...
on Jul. 30 2010 at 5:49 pm
iMonica BRONZE, Lincoln, California
4 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Obstacles do not exist to be surrendered to...only to be broken.&quot; ~ Adolf Hitler<br /> &quot;Shh...People will say we&#039;re in love.&quot; ~ Hannibal Lecter

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:) Thank you.

This is a villanelle about a man who relationship had been compromised because of an adulturess woman.

 

Note the word "satin" in the last line. A pun on the word "Satan."

OfficialApprover PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 30 2010 at 5:46 pm
OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
48 articles 0 photos 1752 comments

Favorite Quote:
Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker<br /> We cannot change the cards we&#039;re dealt just how we play the hand<br /> Experience is what you get when you didn&#039;t get what you wanted<br /> It&#039;s pretty easy to be smart when you&#039;re parroting smart people<br /> -Randy Pausch

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This was wonderful, very good flow and meaning, very interesting rhyme scheme, I like it.  Again, your use of words is excellent.