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Sunday, August 23, 2015

Oscar Wilde


chiseled luminous feckless superior stain wine
dumb lucid hollow foreign puzzle winner

chiseled features
luminous skin with a
feint air of superiority

some said hollow feckless 
dumb when it came to matters of the heart
his reputation stained and destroyed
others said lucid witty brilliant - a winner

exiled to a foreign shore
famous for its wines
not for its wallpaper
"one of us has to go"

converted to catholicism
on his death bed
full of surprises
forever a puzzle





3 comments:

  1. An enigmatic and mysterious character. A brilliant take on the prompt.

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  2. What an enigma he was with wife and kids, a brilliant wit and a taste for the tasteless.

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  3. nice piece.
    I liked its brevity, terseness, tone, and commentary. Randy

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