This is a submission for Kevin’s No Theme Thursday.
It’s a house of cards, a soulless charade
Echoes of facades, a twisted masquerade
Vapid hearts dance, your motions betray
Behind sweet smiles, within shadows you play
Chasing the fame, gold shimmering bright
Stab me in the back, no remorse in sight
I questioned my sanity, the parade of lies
Your eyes stone cold – a void, I’ve realized
Hoping to get lucky with all your tricks
Sleight of hand, deceptive to get your kicks
Entranced by games and not of the heart
An ace up your sleeve – you play the part
Until one day, you notice you’re alone
Then it’s too late, for your sins to atone
A sad soul like yours, an easy hand to steal
Open your eyes, before you make a devil’s deal
©️ Laura Bennett
Bad deals often present themselves as good deals at the time, don’t they? 🃏
Thanks to Kevin for help on the last line 😬
Black Moon Lilith 🌙 
Ciao Laura👏
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Ciao! Spero che tutto vada bene per te! Com’è l’ospedale psichiatrico? Oh, e scusa se ci sono errori in questo scritto! lol 😆 🤣
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Very well. Hello🥂
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Good good so glad to hear that! Cheers! 🥂 ✨
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Wow! Amazing! 👏💕 I wrote something somewhat similar for this image; but then felt like mine needed a warning 🤦♀️.
I think I change my answer to the one post: I think I’d like to collab with you at some point. Seems we have some similarities, but enough differences that it could turn out well 😅💕.
Hope Monday treats you well ☺️
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Thanks Kay 😊 yes it seems like we can be similar in some ways. And that would be awesome at some point if we could iron out the details and my schedule would allow 😆 I’m heading over to check yours out shortly 😊 glad you liked it 💕 so appreciated and I hope Monday treats you well too! 🙏
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Yikes. Sounds like a very bad deal. ♠
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Indeed it does! Thank you 😊 I was looking for the card emoji lol 😆
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Epic, Laura
When I saw this picture I thought some intense words are going to follow.
The last paragraph speaks for itself.
Kudos to you and Kevin
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Thank you, Kimber 🙏 so appreciated 😊 definitely a bit heavy, but you know we need to get that out sometimes
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yes, sometimes it needs to spill out on the pages ❤
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Slam dunk! It came out fantastic, Laura. You totally nailed it. Outstanding piece. And yes, most deals are never quite as good as they seem. Even the best ones are usually a bit less than.
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So true, Kevin 😊 thanks for your help. It’s always appreciated, you have no idea. ❤️
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Those last line, wham, sledgehammer wake-up call. Well done, and have a great workweek!
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Thank you Alice! The manic Monday hit me pretty hard! Lol 😆 I’m still looking at your post, you wrote so many good things in there! Hope your week goes well, too! 🙏
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Started with the news an old friend passed away…
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Omg no 😢 I’m so sorry!!! It’s been a bad day over here too, but nothing like that! So sorry to hear *hugs* please take the time to grieve and feel better, that’s so hard 💔
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This one was something put of a souls game. Lovely prose.
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Thank you so much! 😊 I’m really glad you liked it 🙏
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Oh, boy, though, the way it ends. It’s a masterpiece! 🌺🐈⬛🐈🐈⬛
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Thank you, Kymber 😊 always so appreciated 🙏 hope your week is off to a good start! 🐈 🐈⬛ ✨
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Doing good! How about your week? I wish the same for you! 🌺🐈⬛🐈🐈⬛
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wow… to real, Laura…🤍💫
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Thank you as always Destiny! 🩷 that’s one for the boss, isn’t it?! 😂
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so much true, Laura 😂
we ought to frame this and place it at the entrance 🤭lol…
my pleasure always 🤍
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Hahaha! Right? 🩷 they need it 😂
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Sadly, we learn the tricks of the trade from the evil magician and spot it more quickly in the future. Great poetry, dear Laura.
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So true, Mary. Unfortunately the deceptive can be right before our very eyes. We always have to listen to our instincts 🙏 thank you so much, I appreciate you kind words always 😊
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Excellent!
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Thank you, thank you. 😊 you are far too kind! 🙏
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I’ve been busy and kept away from lots of WordPress stuff for a while, it was nice to come back to good poetry like this. Love the playing cards theme!
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Thank you, Margo! Super kind of you 😊 Hope you’ve been well and the stuff that’s kept you away has been good stuff! 🙏
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No problem! 🙂
It’s just generic work stuff, but thanks for checking in, and I hope you’ve been doing well too.
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👍😎
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😊 🙏 thank you, Chris
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Oooh, this is goooood. I’ve come back to read it a few times now!
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Thank you so much 😊 I’m glad you like it! 🙏 it was a fun one to write actually and it came out pretty quickly lol 😂
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Impressive. It doesn’t read as though it was a fast work!
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Thank you
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🙏 here if you need anything
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❤️
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Very good and well written! 😎
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Thank you so much, John 🙏 much appreciated as always 😊
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You’re welcome, Laura! 😎
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This was incredible, especially that last verse 💕
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Thank you so much! 😊 you are so kind 🙏 much appreciated, I’m glad you liked it 💕
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You’re so welcome! 😊
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Deals with the devil? Never. Great submission to Kevin’s NTT, though.
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Haha! 😆 thank you Edward 😊 yes, no making any shady deals over here! 🤣
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Great! Here’s a cup of coffee for that excellent answer. ☕️ 😂
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Haha!! 😆 well, thank you very much for that! ☕️ and a good day to you as well! 😊
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Excellently written, Laura! You have some really great lines – I love the chilling warning in the final one.
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Aww thank you so much Nicole! I really do appreciate that 😊 yes, definitely a warning to watch what deals we make, with either ourselves or others 🙏
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Outstanding poem with that nightmarish card, Laura! 👏🏻 We’ll pass on that game, right. 🙅🏻♀️
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Yes, please!! No bad deals here, only the royal flush!! (Haha, or whatever the best hand is) thank you Michele 😊 always so appreciated 🙏 💕
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Royal flush, yes Queen! 👑🙌🏻 You’re very welcome and thank you for the engaging post, as you do. Happy to be here – hope your week is going well. Remember those dance breaks. 💃🏻💕
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Yes!! I appreciate the reminder! I’m about to take one right now 😂 getting up from this chair! Thank you Queen! 👑 💕 🎶
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Oh good! Hope you’ve had a few of them since your note. 🙌🏻💃🏻👑💃🏼🎶
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Very beautiful, Laura. Kudos!😊
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“a twisted masquerade”…. I love it! Linda xx
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Thank you so much Linda! 😊
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