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Thought I had while messing about in the Notes app that I expanded further into two more stanzas.

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Daniel Henderson
Apr 01, 2024
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two person's connecting fingers
Photo by Shoeib Abolhassani on Unsplash

Sincerity
is the first
emotion 
that connects
to your reader 
before any 
other 
syllable 
or sound. 
Without it, 
your writing 
languishes,
contact
deprived.

A brain
frankensteining 
symbols 
incestuously
without 
a mind
to call
imagination.

A pen
shambling
between fingers
and pages
without
an owner
to call
arti…

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