Poetry 84: Art In Poverty

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          Received I none
          besides my loss;
          believe I none
          besides my cost;
          my worth not rebelled
          by questions born
          only deepened by time,
          and pleasures I'm torn;
          oh art in poverty
          perhaps, a misfortune
          a mirrored disgrace;
          of angels I tortured,
          for where's my heaven--
          my violent bliss,
          besides my poetry
          of devils I kiss;
         
          inside a solitude;
          to stream my favors,
          deprive my secrets
           from boarded troubles,
           how secluded my heart
           from forth reality,
           purely even denial
           of blurred insanity;
           for living's empty;
           within all pleasure
           if not by sorry
           my love is measured;
           and tonight by sunset
           shall bear me silence,
           too bad not worthy
           of absent mindness.
 
 

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