Long Poems About Manipulation

#manipulation

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#abuse #deception #lies

Long poems about manipulation. 300 words or more, most recently published poems first.

Betty

Poem Published
24th Jun 2024 2:29am

The white work van �
passed so close �
its wind picked �
my hair from my shoulders �
� �
my wild eyes �
sought you out �
on the other side �
of 10 rush-hour lanes �
of interstate highway �
� �
my palms were slimy �
from sweat washing �
off my hand cream �
and my stomach �
creaked �
� �
I gasped, �
but I didn�t step back �
when the next car �
blared its horn �
loud enough to �
echo in my ears �
� �
instead I stepped �
� �
forward �
�...

#anger #betrayal
#hypocrisy #manipulation

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QuietusQuill

Poem Published
9th Jun 2024 5:05pm

Round the square
in the suns
necrotic sanctuary

carving knotting contusions
in the larynx of gravity;

and from my doorstep,
I extend my hand

into your glaring lunette
where barren burdens
singe your horizon,

and detonates a
hermaphroditic embolism
coronating a cyclopean eunuch
who wields a rapier
of pneumonic virtuosity

as charcoal roses
siphon simooms
in the kiss of a
parched dawn

beyond the rift
i float on this writ
into the...

#anger #dark #despair #grief #manipulation

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Lozzamus

Poem Published
8th Jun 2024 6:27pm

Crazy move. Philippa back in my life. �She hadn't meant to hurt me yesterday, she insisted at our hastily arranged meeting in the fields after the dress rehearsal. Aidan had emotionally blackmailed her. �He'd managed to confuse her. Since then, she'd decided to end the relationship with Aidan for good because it kept going around in circles, and Aidan had already left for Exeter.

'Come on,' Philippa said, taking my arm and pulling me up from the tree trunk. 'I bought a torch with.'

It was about quarter to six in the afternoon. We located the outhouse, the one Jace and...

#manipulation #mystery
#obsession #risk

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nutbuster
D C

Poem Published
13th Apr 2024 5:44pm