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Misanthrope

by Brian Francis

Devious eyes
watch every turn.
smoldering hate
effuses from within.
A smile conceals
the bastardly conceit
that drives
desires of domination.
Seductions face
is comely and coy
beckoning and stroking
the most basic of needs.
Self-image the weakness,
exploited with ease.
A smile — the door swings open.

07/29/2003

Posted on 07/29/2003
Copyright © 2024 Brian Francis

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 07/31/03 at 03:16 PM

You are indeed a talented writer, Brian. This poem reminds me of the tragic circumstances of the Catholic Church at this time with its problems of priests using their authority to take advantage of the innocent and the lack of discipline of those priests by their superiors.

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