Ticket 2 Ride

An offer I can refuse

Angling, but not hooked

The tide pushes seaward

Nothing was overlooked

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The kindness of strangers

Is a spider’s wet dream

Surrounded by strings

Just a conman’s scheme

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A kaleidoscope of hope

Dangling a specter

Wistful and hypnotic

Be weary of the nectar

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Never trust a milky sky

Or a wind that whispers names

Familiarity is the upper hand

An alt reality of mind games

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Beguiling and dangerous

Unleashing waves of insistence

Designer guilt generously applied

Targeting any smart resistance

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Once upon a time of truthiness

Before the war over my dollar

To decipher the fine print

Needn’t require a legal scholar