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Rated: E · Poetry · Writing · #1545956

A bit of word play

Obdurate

I tried to write a poem
Filled with deep and meaningful adjectives.
When I opened my dictionary,
To wake the sleeping words,
Only obdurate,
Its meaning mocking me,
Could be pried
From the pages of the book.
The rest clung inside,
Laughing and sniggering
At my foolishness.

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