Shying Away....

it is not the falsity that makes
someone shy away
it is the truth that like a turtle
plunges deep inside a pail
of left-overs
showing its head only
when all of them
leave

and as he again recovers
his privacy
he finally shows the house
of its body.

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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