Unseen in the multitudes of empty heads, I watched your performance.
You basked in all the glorious attention, cracking jokes at my expense.
My mind read all your cues, though the heart denied understanding.
You’ve left me no choice now, but to stop pretending.
Written for Whimsy Gizmo’s Quadrille #20 on dVerse
The Grateful Dead 
I like the long-form flow of this, very much. Well done.
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Thank you 🙂 glad you noticed. It’s a variation from my usual tendency to “keep it short”.
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Good decision made!
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But not an easy one…
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Well written. Honest. Clever.
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Thank you. Sometimes you can’t stop pretending everything’s OK when it’s not.
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I’m a big fan of not pretending at all 😉
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Sometimes pretending is not worth while.
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Pretending is never worth it. Though some times it can be comforting for a while.
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