Welcome to the school of deceit,
Where the ignorance is in heat
And common sense sits in defeat;
There’s no retreat—there’s no retreat.
Enter in through the doors of hate
Into this hallway, claim your state,
Watch your step and beware your fate,
Please take the bait—please take the bait.
Let me show you to your classroom,
Where propaganda will mushroom
And misinformation will bloom.
The truth goes boom—the truth goes boom.
Never mind that horrible sound,
Look over here at what we’ve found,
Power, sure it’s yours, all around;
Take, and be bound—take, and be bound.
Look, you know how we like to share,
Besides, who else will ever care
For you then if we are not there.
How will you fair? How will you fair?
A lone wolf we need you to be,
Separated—thinking your free—
A rose, snipped in a vase, you’ll see
You’re not a tree—you’re not a tree.
Of course, by then, it’ll be too late,
Trapped in a vase of your own hate,
On the classroom sill—on a plate—
This is your fate. This is your fate.
But come buy our words of deceit
To make your selfish life replete
With hope you otherwise delete
From the dark street—from the dark street.
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Author:
Tristan Robert Lange (
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- Comment from author about the poem: A poetic journey through the halls of manufactured truth. This is a response to Sparkle City Magic's (Medium.com) Mystical Adventure~Week #8 prompts: school, power, words, rose and wolf. For this poem, I chose to use all five prompts in a monotetra.
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Do you know what Tristan .. I have a ton of respect for anyone that sets themself a task, or who agrees to stick withing the parameters of a given task set by someone else and goes on to achieve it like you have so obviously done here .. I wouldn't even dare attempt it .. so please accept these from me 👍👍
Thank you so much Neville, though given what I have written of your work, you'd pull it off with brilliance, I am positive of that. Up until this year, I had never given prompts a try, but I was invited on Medium to start doing so and it has been a neat challenge for sure. I am really glad this poem delivered and so grateful for your time, feedback and encouragement! Thank you, kind sir! 🙏
Prompts are something I've never felt inclined to try. Can you convince me? Inspiration? Extension of the poetic muscle? Quite possibly it would save me from the need to scratch up a lengthy piece proclaiming my muse is AWOL...' Interesting write Tristan.
Well, to be fair, prompts or no prompts, the muse has been flowing in me and judging by the state of things, it will continue to! LOL! Not sure if I'd do so well without the muse. But yeah, up until the past few months really, I had never been inclined to take up prompts either. Whether it is convincing to you or not remains to be seen, but I have found it to be a fun kind of challenge. And I have our friend Thad Wilk to thank for the form, as he has written a couple of poems in Monotetra that I have really enjoyed...so I gave it a whirl! LOL! Thanks for your time and feedback, Dave! I always appreciate and look forward to it.
Kudos to Thad, I reckon. I'll give the rest some thought. always enjoy some fun👍
No one knows what to believe anymore. Whether the Internet, social media national news, all affected ending infected. Nicely written.
💯For sure. Thank you for reading and for your thoughts as well! Much appreciated! 🙏
👏👏 Bravo!
Wow, powerful penning my friend!
Much enjoyed beginning to end. 👍
I loved the rhyme, the flow and blend.
Much praise I send, much praise I send.💯
Rock on poet!! ✌️ Thad
😀 And I have you to thank for showing me the form, my friend! Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it! Rock on! 🤘
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