All lies arrive by human mouths:
Sporadically hungry, always full.
The delicacy of a mind
Sharpened by society and worn by time
But failing even the most simple leap
Of faith.
Forgiveness is blind, forgetfulness
Inevitable and yet, rewind.

In my most weakened state
Newborn, awaking, into this day
What are we given?
Nothing but breathe.
Each exhale a gambit marked
By fear the inhale will not come
That this will be the last and yet, rewind.

Did you forget I love you
Once before life transpired
Before all we said and all we did not
Caught up?
Why can’t I just once more and yet, rewind.

Ignoratio elenchi (adjective)

The fallacy of arguing for a conclusion which apparently refutes an opponent or proves a case, but which in fact has no bearing on the question at hand and is therefore irrelevant.

Oxford English Dictionary

Sporadic (adjective)

Recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances

New York Times

Delicacy (noun)

A food that people like to eat because it is special or rare

The quality of being delicate, such as: easily broken or damaged, easily injured, hurt, or made sick, formed from many small or fine parts, appealing quality of something that is not too strong

A special care or skill that is needed to prevent people from becoming upset or angry

Britannica

Gambit (noun)

a maneuver by which one seeks to gain an advantage.

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Transfixed by a dress strewn with stars
A mantic perseverance shines
Alive to all the partial signs
She slips from living to memoirs.

Her prescience makes her not ours
She accedes to ghosts we don’t see
To dreams unreal that will not be
To her voices that live between
And give hope while claiming forseen 
All the sorrows left unto me

Transfixed (adjective)

Having your attention fixated as though by a spell

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Mantic (adjective)

Relates to prophecy and the mysterious art of seeing the future

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Perseverance (noun)

The act of persevering; continued, patient effort.

Collins Dictionary

Prescience (noun)

The ability to see or anticipate what will or might happen in the future.

Merriam-Webster

Accede (verb)

Yield to another’s wish or opinion

Agree or express agreement

Take on duties or office

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My hips hurt
With the residue of
“warning rough terrain”.

Was I supposed to find
God under the stacks of rocks
Piled up by the press of human hands
Vaulting up the sky
Washed clean everyday?

There is nothing more
Gargantuan
Then the open sky.
Nothing more fragile
Then my grasp upon it
As the wind rips through me.

It will all remain
A well stacked pile
Wind on rock on god
Long after my hip bones
Ground back to dust.

Residue (noun)

An usually small amount of something that remains after a process has been completed or a thing has been removed

The amount of something valuable (such as an estate) that is left after all debts have been paid

Britannica

Vault

(noun)

an arched structure, usually of stones, concrete, or bricks, that forms a ceiling or roof.

a space, chamber, or passage enclosed by a vault or vaultlike structure, esp. one located underground.

a room or compartment for the safekeeping of valuables, usually with a locked door and thick walls.

a burial chamber.

something thought of as similar to an arched roof: the vault of heaven.

(verb)

to leap, as to or from a position or over something

to leap with the hands supported by something, as a horizontal pole.

to (cause to) surpass others, as by achieving something

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Gargantuan (adjective)

Something that is very large in size or amount.

Merriam-Webster

Sometimes today receives short shift, too soon over, yet plangent.
When rest comes only under brazen moon one must pause and wonder.
What more do we give to the world? What more can it take from us? All.

Arrière-pensée (noun)

A concealed thought or intention; an ulterior motive; a doubt, misgiving, or reservation.

Oxford English Dictionary

Short Shrift (noun)

“Little or no attention or thought” or “quick work.” In religious use it refers to barely adequate time for confession before execution.

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Plangent (adjective)

[plan-juhnt]

Resounding loudly, especially with a sorrowful sound, as a bell

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Brazen

(adjective) not held back by conventional ideas of behavior

(verb) face with defiance or impudence

(adjective) made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)

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Erase argutations with age
Wisdom replacing the renitent whine
And yet, and yet, and yet
I miss her ease, her self-conscious-less
Smile, her endless narration of joy.

Erase (noun)

Remove (something that has been recorded) from a tape (such as a videotape or audiotape) or a computer disk

To remove (something written) by rubbing or scraping so that it can no longer be seen

To remove something written from (a surface)

To remove any thought or memory of (something)

Britannica

Argutation (noun)

The act of raising pedantic, frivolous, or hair-splitting objections; quibbling, cavilling; (also) such an objection.

Oxford English Dictionary

Renitent (adjective)

Resistant to compulsion or pressure.

Wordsmith

Her cornstalk hair floated behind her
As she rode, my sweet lady errant. 
Silks and chiffon pinned with lace ablur
In clouds about her.  Yet mud nor dust
Dared to mar her; she rode with the just.
Before her stretched epic ordeals
Ones to cower her watchful parent
Betwixt her nap and expressing feels.

For she was just barely a toddler
Her horse of wood, her dress a plaything
Her stories all narrated aloud
Supportive parental coddler
 Nodding at each “and then” and smiling
Creativity’s always allowed.

Mythomania (noun)

Lying or exaggerating to an abnormal degree.

From Greek for “story” and “madness”.

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Lady errant (noun)

A woman who travel in search of adventure.

Oxford English Dictionary

Ordeal (noun)

A severe or trying experience.

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Betwixt (preposition, adverb)

Archaic. Another word for between.

Collins

His casually introduced agnotology
And tutoyering his boss
Where others saw him convivial
I saw horns and a cross

On Fridays he invited everyone
To the neighborhood bar
Except for me
I tried to not show the scar

By month end I was aflame
He laughed with the guys
While I completed their work
And concluded this is how my career dies

But a week later he was gone
The horns ripped out
Because of some accident of the copier
That left HR no doubt.

Casually (adverb)

Anything you do in a relaxed, informal sort of way.

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Agnotology (noun)

The study of deliberate, culturally produced ignorance or doubt.

The deliberate production or cultivation of ignorance or doubt.

“Agnotology deals in phrases like more research is needed, experts disagree, and the jury is still out, long after the verdict is in. In agnotology, ignorance is not bliss, it’s strategy.”

Wordsmith

Tutoyer (verb)

To speak with easy familiarity, like switching from “sir” to “bro”. Originates in French where it marks a precise grammatical shift to informal pronouns

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Convivial (adjective)

Occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company.

The New York Times

Only 
traitors commit 
trivial cruelty
and that parcelmeal verbicide.
Rebel.

Daily
trending words call
people out to the streets
slyly prompting sagacious leaders
Arise.

Fiduciary (Adjective)

Something relating to or involving trust, such as trust between a customer and a professional

Merriam-Webster

Traitor (noun)

Someone who has betrayed beliefs that they used to hold by their words or actions.

Someone who betrays their country or a group of which they are a member by helping its enemies, especially during time of war.

Collins Dictionary

commit (noun)

To declare your opinion on the matter.

To place yourself under an obligation to do something.

WordReference

Trivial (adjective)

Not important

Britannica

Verbicide

The deliberate distortion or destruction of the meaning of a word.

A person who deliberately distorts the meaning of a word.

Wordsmith

Parcelmeal (adverb)

By parcels, parts, or portions; in small portions at a time; bit by bit; piecemeal.

Oxford English Dictionary

Sagacious (adjective)

Acutely insightful and wise.

Skillful in the management of public affairs.

The New York Times

You must learn to avoid the office oaf
Who lingers before the coffee pot
Between 7:30 and 9 awaiting
The unwary and uncaffeinated.
That is always the first trial.

The muzak may leave you dazed
And mystified.  The careless trapped
Trying to find “free birds” among the meaningless
Lyric-less, repetitive noise.
The wise wizen adventurer brings
Sound cancelling headphones.

All of this is just a precursor
To the ultimate challenge:
Just as you settle in, mind focused
Task clear, a tap on the shoulder
A friendly face and a half-an-hour
Of meaningless chatter from a drive-by question.

If you survive all this, my dear hero,
Through the happy hour and commute
Traffic and task list incomplete,
Pondering if you could telecommute,
Tomorrow you must return
To once again climb
The corporate ladder.

Oaf (noun)

Someone big clumsy, and slow-witted.

Merriam-Webster

Mystified (adjective)

Completely confused.

Vocabulary.com

Precursor (noun)

Something indicating the approach of something or someone.

A person who goes before or announces the coming of another

A substance from which another substance is formed

The New York Times

Telecommute (verb)

To work at home by using a computer connected to a company’s main office

Britannica

Extract
Pleasure from the
Resplendent lines of trees.
One more turning nature into
Palm Oil

Extract (verb)

To remove by pulling it out or cutting it out.

To get from someone who does not want to give it. To get (e.g. information) from something.

To get (a substance) from something by the use of a machine or chemicals.

Britannica

Resplendent (adjective)

Used to describe someone or something as very bright and attractive.

Merriam-Webster

Palm Oil (noun)

Money given as a bribe or inducement

Oxford English Dictionary