I Thought I Knew Better


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This week’s piece describes a man who falls for a woman that he was strongly advised to avoid—wise counsel which, to his detriment, he disregarded.

A Sad State of Affairs

Ignoring voices

of warning

I went my own way

and fell—

beneath the powerful

lure

of your bewitching

spell…

Taking you for

an angel

failing to see

your horns—

for I was like one

enticed

by the rose—

but blind to

its thorns…

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