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Only Words
by celeste via jill - Jungle Drum Newswire Friday, Jul 7 2017, 11:33pm
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words
mean what they say to the ignorant
and carry an altogether different meaning
when decoded

Francis was a master of the art
and he lives today as every message
is not what it seems

though words are used to deceive
men’s minds tho not adeptly
only fools and the ignorant
fall prey to these gross methods
yet in plays, dramas and poems are messages
transmitted invisible to all except
the enlightened -- no text is secret
to initiates

a joy to decode a message that was written centuries past
hidden from the profane

dreams become the reality of men
truth is the food of the wise
truth never disappears as long as text
is utilised as a means of expression/communication
enslavement and liberation

poets and playwrites of the past transmitted,
using the same literary devices that are taught in
colleges and universities today tho their meaning is not revealed
as they know not of the real art of cypher

nothing has changed in centuries, ignorant elites rule
and lead by subterfuge
and the wise continue to subvert the ground/meaning
/language upon which lies and truths
are carried and juxtaposed

‘a rose is a rose is a rose’
yet it isn’t, how so?

understand the symbolism
of a rose repeated three times
it forms a circle, do u understand?
no, as u do not possess the key to unlock its secret

a turd, is a rose, is an elephant
shitting cannon balls --
a cow is a messenger
of truth if u understand its
excrement and what it carries
and so it goes that witches ride on the phallus of gods
internally writhing in their flow as they ride
while those unlearned toil for others happily
not realising they are captured in paper chains.

wild elephants are first chained to sturdy trees
by their ankles and when trained
a slender, easily broken rope is enough to
anchor them to the spot
though truth remains, a rope is easily
broken

language is that rope and decoding its textual
expressions snaps every social bond

a lover is a cormorant, a flower and a stone
tied to the neck waiting for deep water
to drown its victim

in a world where every outward expression
snares and enslaves the ignorant
the hidden frees enlightened men and women

and so it goes, and goes and goes

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