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Gates Be Horn And Ivory

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Beseech thee past dearth entrenchments, amid ivory keys playing off-keyed skewered past, past terse recluse recitals making a knot in hollow would knock ~ knock.

Never dost becomes procrastinated futile blight that wilts mummified heartbeats still born plight, amid poetic fright naught ~ naught ever to be.

Note: The gates of horn and ivory are a literary image used to distinguish true dreams (corresponding to factual occurrences) from false. The phrase originated in the Greek language, in which the word for "horn" is similar to that for "fulfill" and the word for "ivory" is similar to that for "deceive". On the basis of that play on words, true dreams are spoken of as coming through the gates of horn, false dreams as coming through those of ivory.[

Thursday, July 8, 2021


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Gates Be Horn And Ivory

Beseech day horn sight, amidst night ivory insight ~
Vice a versa.
Twine ivory life lines, write waves horn telemetry ~
Twist Truth around.
Time horn deviations, thunder struck ivory eccentricity ~
Double negative struck.
To be horn visions, naught ivory made delusions ~
Mirror skewered reflections.

Truth wane ivory ebbs, tide bane horn ashore strains ~
Bleach hourglass b-rain.
Trust congeals horn – defragment - fermented ivory reign ~
Cracks facial expressions.
Piano keys ivory finger strokes, the horn a complement ~
Plagiarized accomplishment.
Gabriel’s Horn announcing Ivory Judgmental testimonial ~
Tipping ivory scale, dost sipping off, Gabriel’s Horn Truth.

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Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on July 8, 2021
You lost me with this one. Very hard to discern the storyline.

Ron


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