Old Folks' Lore
Their self-aggrandized fabrications
thrilled our captive ears
tilling fertile minds
overeager to observe
fantastic stories germinate
too young to wonder
were it true.
They harvested our yielding hearts
greenly leaning listeners
envisioning endearing pasts
where everything's
everyone's
so unlike today.
Old Folks' Lore © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.
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40 words (prompt limit). Brevity Typewriter Poetry challenge prompt - link:
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Submitted: March 8, 2020