They created illusion for themselves
Living out their fake lives
Even as the noose tightened
With each passing day
He, in his fast car
And skimmed funds
He ran from the drug Lords
They are fast on his tail.
—–
She lived hers in the bottle of illusion
Where all was illuminated through her languid gaze
Fake, starry aura induced
From needle pricks
That zig-zagged
Through her veins
Until the glass fell
And shattered in the cold silence.
—–
Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Fake, The Daily Post Prompt
a cooking pot and twisted tales 
Evocative. I like it. 🙂
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Thank you Wallace 🙂
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You’re welcome. 🙂
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So good. Felt like I was actually watching the scene unfold!
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Thank you for taking the time to read and comment 🙂
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This was good. Especially the way you ended it. Bravo.
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Thanks Drew 🙂
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Nicely done, Jackie!
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Thank you my dear Diane 🙂
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xxoo
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I just like the picture of the whisky!
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Ha,ha. Looks interesting 😉
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and your writing of course…
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Magicians ran out of tricks to sustain the illusions
Beautiful poem..
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After a while such illusions can’t be sustained. Thank you Pranab
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Those last lines “when the glass fell and shattered in the silence” are very powerful. They are an end to these lives of people who chose the wrong roads to go down. Effective how on the end their is silence. Wonderful job writing this poem.
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Thank you Mandi. The wrong path never really ends well.
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wow, both stanzas are great but that last one really grabs the reader. Your description is perfect in every detail and so vivid. She leaps from the screen.
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Thanks dear 🙂
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you’re welcome 🙂
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Love this. I was like dang drugs! They come in all forms.
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Reality escapes a multitude of people…so many just can’t handle it.
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True! They prefer to live in deception until it’s no longer sustainable.
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Wow!!!
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