Alias

Image by Tess Kincaid

Alias

You think truth
is so prosaic

swaggering
many faces
more poetic

in a roster
of second names
skillfully written

but the thrill
is only self-hate
spread thin

sure to crack
as fate wins

in a slick game
of greasy pole
roulette



Tess Kincaid
July 2011

Posted over on her site Willow Manor
Listed as #1 over on Magpie Tales 74