"Repression of Id"

By Ben Fortier

Hiding the truth
Away from the self
Is easier
Then we’d care
To admit

We disconnect
Reject
Bury
Deflect
Suppress

Skeletons
In closets
The doors
Are our eyes
Behind disguise

Veils in layers
The ego
Denies

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Native Rhode Islander and proclaimed Renaissance Man, Iraq vet He is the author of Stones of the Wooded Valley and The Silent Whispers of Omens. His latest book PHANTOMS, covers his deployment to Iraq in '06-'07.

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