Category Archives: Vanity



Ars Poetica

I look at other people’s new-formed poems
And sink into despair. They detail fights
‘Twixt narrow arteries and veins—syndromes
Of narcissistic shadow and delight.
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Posted in Poetry (What is it?), Politics, Vanity

Jennifer’s Collection

Jennifer confided: “My mother asked
‘What do you collect?’” Everyone collects,
It seems—a necessary human task
Illuminating artful intellect.
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Posted in Conformity, Vanity, Who Knows?, Wisdom

Beach Feast

Melon breasts,
Inviting tresses—
Skin like peach
Lights the beach.
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Posted in Beauty, Illusion, Local Color, Lust, Vanity

Lying

Fear, after all, is multi-faceted—
Prismed glass pretending to be diamond—
Generating lies primed to cleanse the past,
Protect the present, serve as future’s pawn.
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Posted in Bullshit, Illusion, Vanity

Resolutions

It’s easy to make firm resolutions,
But goddamn hard to keep them—so cool it!
Lose thirty pounds? Join gyms? Glib solutions,
Empty words targeting our most ghoulish
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Posted in Bullshit, Conformity, Illusion, Vanity, Wisdom

At The Paddle Tennis Courts: Brittany

My friend’s grandson—young, handsome, buffed (tattooed
Delightfully on his left shoulder, arm—
Defensive football star)—I call him ‘Dude’—
Came by, yestermorn, with a woman. Charm
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Posted in Beauty, Lust, Vanity