Collogue ... Stumble

Today’s word is “collogue” ... kuh-lohg ... Dialect. to confer secretly. to plot mischief; conspire. (Dictionary.com)

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In offices and alleys

    companions collogue undetected,

Plans for ill are made,

     and minions dispatched.

Soon or late, their actions reveal their secrets;

     truth refuses to hide for long.

Occasionally though, this truth struts 
     like the emperor with no clothes. And the audience 
          cannot believe its eyes.

Blinded by facts, they cower, claiming they see

     nothing amiss.

Luckily, in the tale, a small voice rose over the 

     murmmering of the cowering crowd,

          and innocently stated the obvious.

Oh, for a little child to lead us now.

Anne Selleck

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