FAKES
You’re a cheat
You’re a chancer
Like cancer you spread
What was said
What was heard
Every word that they speak
As you seek to become
Like someone who is one
Of the new chosen few
On the panel
Those who channel
Their excess energy
Into their enemy
In order to release
Their beastly intensity
Taking their leave
To receive their reward
They’ve crawled
To a higher branch on the tree
To chew on the fat-free free fat
With those who see that
It was all so misleading
From their fake foreign accents
Right down to the beading
On their corporate fake walnut desks
Such anger, such accusations! I immediately agree with all of it. Beautifully crafted!
ReplyDeleteThanks ccchampagne :)
DeleteFun brimming with outrage - a challenging combination and yet artfully delightfully done :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Pearl
DeleteThank god some people can see past the veneer ;)
ReplyDeleteSpot on Jae Rose, Thanks
DeleteInteresting perspective.
ReplyDelete-HA
Thanks HA
DeleteWhat a perceptive perspective, it reminded me of working within a large organisation!
ReplyDeleteThanks Oldegg
DeleteWe took a similar path with these words. You are right when you say people are like this world round. Sad eh? Nice job casting light into this darkness, Stan. Fakes, the rats.
ReplyDeleteThanks Brenda
DeleteOh, the world of fakery! (I fear that we all partake of it in one way or another.)
ReplyDeleteIf the Branch Could Speak
Thanks MMT
DeletePowerful, Stan!
ReplyDeleteThanks Laurie
DeleteWell penned. We all know a cheat like this one. The last line is a great line to top off your poem.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sabra
DeleteLooks like you've got some inside information here. Love the rhyming - To chew on the fat-free free fat
ReplyDeleteWith those who see that.
Thanks Andy
DeleteWow! You really told them!
ReplyDeleteThanks Marian
DeleteCongratulations Stan, you have become a fire-breathing dragon and weaving it all with rhyme. Which, btw, doesn't take the burnt breath sting out of it in the least bit. Kudos,
ReplyDeleteElizabeth
Thanks Elizabeth
DeletePhonies are everywhere. You've nailed it well in this one.
ReplyDeleteThanks Belva
DeleteCorporations are not people, are they, Stan. Well done with some great sounds going on here. The piece flows very nicely.
ReplyDeletePamela
Thanks Pamela
DeleteLove the tone of it and you didn't spare the anger too.
ReplyDeleteThanks Cathy
Deletenice...
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