“The Oscar Statue” by tezebe
shallow courtiers
donning crowns for applause
pretending we care
From my books Bohemian Scents and Riverthink
Pretension
All posts tagged Pretension
The Krzywy Domek House in Sopot, Poland
poured from fantasy
melting with modernity
pretentious art
From my books Pieces of Wine and Riverthink
“Rhetoric” by Jeram Patel
(Originally posted June 2013)
skin-deep principles
slither through
rhetoric underbrush
hoping to cross
the electoral forest
before they moult
leaving evident shapes
where any
wandering citizen
might find and
examine them
“The Oscar Statue” by tezebe
shallow courtiers
donning crowns for applause
pretending we care
“Mask of Personal Happiness” by Gil Bruvel
flesh and blood mask
affixed by the mind onto
insecure tendons of self
simultaneous intentions
present and conceal
impress and divert
built inanely from notions
of archetypes conforming
to others’ deceptions
I knew several intimately
they all were once worn
by a much younger me
The Krzywy Domek
in Sopot, Poland
poured from fantasy
melting with modernity
pretentious art
Photo of Scene from Puccini’s “La Boheme”
From a production by the Houston Grand Opera
theatrical wounds
histrionic agonies
curdle sympathy
earn you scorn as pariah
best to suffer in silence
you see we bear real
affliction and injury
with no wont to stage
low inducements to pity
preferring our self-respect
