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Between the lines.

David Rudder
1 min readAug 26, 2024
Australian Bottlebrush Native Plant, Photograph by Author.

Are words enough? How much is a bluff
Reading between the lines
Veracity is a necessity
Now, who can read the signs?

Infused with intuition
Feelings connected to emotions
Where does the truth lie?
Or are they short-circuited notions?

You say you know places I go
Your antennae are on the move
How can you tell if I’m in my shell?
Or safely in the groove.

Words, terms, and expressions
Expletives oaths and guarantees
Who am I addressing?
Am I talking to the trees?

You play your cards close to your chest
And feed me just enough
To satisfy my curiosity
Then disappear in a puff.

Save me and my sanity.
Why are some words misunderstood?
I need some understanding.
We need it for our own good.

We all need a platform.
To perform our arcane oratory.
Hear the words tweets by the

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David Rudder
David Rudder

Written by David Rudder

Top writer in Poetry. I am a diarist and write poetry to reflect my thoughts.

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