AN UNLIKELY SCANDALOUS IMAGE

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JOURNAL # 38

standing
in the light
fading
dim shadows trace
planed perfection
of his charcoal skin
the golden boy next door's
goody goody image
has been tainted by
the numerous revealed
moral flaws
the good guy is replaced
by a bad boy donning
a robber's hood
with naked pecs all a tremble
I laugh in my eyes
as my mind sketches
such
'An Unlikely Scandalous Image'.....................
(June 24, 2010 510am)

 

Author's Notes/Comments: 

seeing weakness in someone I use to think was so strong.

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