Poniard:
  


A double edged thrusting dagger,
continuously tapering to a thin point,
used in France, Switzerland and Italy.

Why this,
why now,
what’s changed?
The word for dagger comes to me in a dream.
And I have to look it up.
Shakespearean overtones of Macbeth.

It comes to me that this sharp tool
Has a metaphorical job to do.
It used to be that I lied to myself
I snuck around truth, morality, right judgement
I cheated myself.

The poniard
Pierced my bravado and
deflated it slowly
Leaving my ego holey and tatty
Exactly as it should have been.
No more lies.



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