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A sign of the times, indeed

… decent people keep

their ‘True Intentions’

to themselves…

pure ‘Hearts’ secreted

behind Boundary Walls.

Whilst, the predators,

playas, and toxic folk

… mask ‘Sunshine’,

best friend ‘Smiles’

and fake ‘Sincerity’…

to Venus Flytrap ‘Souls’.

Everything has become

back-to-front,

and complicated…

‘Trust’ takes Openness

… but Lowering Guards

leaves you vulnerable

to manipulation,

and Emotional Sniper-Fire.

© Paul Tristram 2025

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Bio

Paul Tristram is a widely published Welsh writer. He yearns to tattoo porcelain bridesmaids instead of digging empty graves for innocence at midnight, this too may pass, yet. His novel “Crazy Like Emotion”, collection of shorter fiction “Kicking Back Drunk ‘Round The Candletree Graves” and full-length poetry collections “The Dark Side Of British Poetry: Book 1 of Urban, Cinematic, Degeneration” and “It Is Big And It Is Clever: Book 1 of A Punk Rock Hostile Takeover” are all available by Close To The Bone Publishing.