banalities

<p>'banalities'</p> <p><br></p> <p>repelled our lips turn unfamiliar&nbsp;</p> <p>a thousand contradictions despite the smiles&nbsp;</p> <p>an axiom birthed</p> <p>reconstructed and blue;</p> <p>warned we were of this indefinable</p> <p>sense of decomposition&nbsp;</p> <p>now here we are reduced to</p> <p>simplified semblances of self.</p> <p><br></p> <p>#barflypoet</p> <p>#josephapinto</p> <p>www.josephpinto.com&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>© Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved.</p> <p>…poetry handcrafted from the inside of bars …</p> <p><br></p> <p>*</p> <p>My newest poetry collection ‘Scotch and Scars’ is now available in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon.</p> <p>*</p> <p>‘A Distilled Spirit’ also available in paperback and ebook at Amazon.</p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-pinto3/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-pinto3/support</a>