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Wowzers JJ.....so many thoughts you bring thru my mind......there's a lot going thru it these last few weeks..........thank you for sharing this thought provoking ink......my words seem not to come together to express the impact this has on me.....purple luv & hugs xo :)

Thank you G! I made several veiled references in this poem, carefully choosing certain words. I even had a completely different title for it until it was completed, then I knew what it had to be. This is a very deep poem for me. The words are just the surface to what boils deep underground...
JJ

No deaf eyes here JJ...this flowed in a way I could never make my words mimic...and so many thoughts as to poets who could be included in this, lol....myself included...this was excellent...

xoxo Taryn

Thank you Taryn! The is something of a sequel, or sister poem to one I wrote the other day called "You've Changed". It's been eating away at me for quite some time...  
JJ

Yet another jaw dropping creation jj! Maybe you should have titled it "poetic predator". But DUP is no different than any neighborhood, preditors lurk everywhere, even in church. Let your words be the cutting edge of the mighty pen you weild! H

Thank you Heather! Actually the title was originally going to be basically what I wrote in the comment to Flowergirl, "Words are just the surface of what boils deep underground".  
JJ

You've written a very strong piece here, JJ.  It says so much and yet there are still things hidden, much as you implied in that line you used in your reply to Flowergirl's comment.  I've encountered a couple who meet the message in this one...I'd be curious to know more...Thank you for making us think, yet again.  Your words are important.
Willow

Thank you Willow! There are some things I like leaving up to the reader. If readers wonder if I wrote this about them, perhaps it is and perhaps that question will make them do some soul searching. Hidden meanings are sometimes clues but again, I don't want to make public accusations, just get people who feel like it might be them to think about what they are doing to others and the hidden pain they might be inflicting. Also for those who may feel they have been manipulated into going places they otherwise would not have. For me, I think it is terribly abusive to turn ones art against them. It is not the sex acts I find offensive, as I love sex as much as any other dirty old man. But to use poetry as a tool to lure timid souls into dark and dirty places, I find that artistically reprehensible. I will hoist my pitchfork and torch to the witches burning at the stake to witness their barbaric ending without remorse. And the best part is, planting the seed secretly means they will gather the wood and set the fire to carry out their own sentence...
JJ

I hear what you're saying. I confess I don't write many in the way of erotic, but I always try to imbue them with love. Nothing wrong with straight up sex, just not as a weapon or entrapment. Thank you, JJ ☺

'''If readers wonder
if I wrote this about them,
perhaps it is
and
perhaps that question
will make them do some
soul searching....''

Your poetry speaks VOLUMES .

inspirational stuff - got my creative juices flowing like a river

Thank you David! A muse can only hope to vibrate the air with inspiration...
JJ

oooh i have an inkling... just a teeny little idea but this mayhap because i've seen the suave public façade change to slimy in private... tho likely there's more than one wolf leading lambs to slaughter.
i'll be quite honest & say that pop culture (women's literature in particular) has distorted the POV iro masculinity. i read far too many romance novels spanning the YA, NA and PNR categories & can tell you that alpha-hole, rage beasts who stalk, manipulate, abuse are romanticized as misunderstood protectors.
men who feed this fantasy only benefit from the illusions. it's a crying shame tbh.

Thank you Koshka!
A few of those abbreviations have me scratching my head, lol. I see POV come up frequently, even saw it on PBS yesterday, but I have no idea what it means. Guess I need to google it... lol
Very interesting comment!
JJ

point of view
in respect of
young adult
new adult
paranormal romance
(hope I've got them all)
what the fudge is pbs? o.O

paranormal romance???
Ummmmm, WTF? lol
J

lmfao
oh my gosh, can't believe i'm publicly admitting to a penchant for scottish werewolves lol
it's a thing tho, vampires. werewolves. demons. aliens.
the english major in me has just curled up in horror and shame.

Omfg! Lmfao!!! Not at you, but at me because I thought I had heard everything!
Learn sumptin new everyday...
JJ

lol in my defense, i drew the line at yeti & bigfoot erotica. too weird even by my standards
~ katja

Hahaha!!!!!!
You gotta go see this movie I watched the other night called "The Shape of Water" a brilliant cross between "Beauty and the Beast" & "Creature from the Black Lagoon".
And to think I thought it was just a movie, now I find out it's really a thing!!!!!!
Happy New Year!
JJ