esprit: dix-huit

18. where I learned the real meaning of this new word.

candor (n.)

make no mistake
that the rawness in your voice
is your honesty,
speckled with whimsy
yet you assert your reasons
for things

makes you dominant

over your beliefs.

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longwinded

It's better for the brain,
to receive longer words.

It preys for strength, for focus,
for reconnection to the world 
you intake, for memories to keep—unintentionally

begging for revival
and to be revived
for your heaven's sake.

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