A Poet's Journey

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A Poet's Journey
A Poet's Journey
One Manic Man

One Manic Man

In spite ignites the world

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Bob Metivier
Mar 10, 2022
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Syllabic Poem| The Culminating 30



One
Manic
Man
In spite
Ignites
The world
Raining hell 
Upon 
Innocent
Souls once content
With simple living 
And little more
Than roof and table
To meet their daily need
He wrests this from them
In his vain, incessant greed
For power and influence
And all that ever meant 
More to him than sanity
But now he sees his enemy
They stand, bloodie…

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