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My open-eyed naivety offers indeed

credence to all that you utter, while another side of me

hides from public view, eschewing the detail

repeatedly, till gullibility is ground down.

I found it wise to put in the balance (for fresh

assessment) much of your attitude up front,

in a hunt for the real person that lurks within you -

spinning the yarns you think necessary to survive.

I've (as you might not see) discovered a healthy

self-insurance policy of double checking

the text I'm given to accept in the lost article

department of my ever-cautious lucid mind.

     It's no good giving me the nod and wink,

     I'm not the sucker that you seem to think!