Hubris by my side.

abigfatcanofworms Personal Reflection, play on words November 22, 2020 1 Minute

Your questioning is deeply symptomatic
of a faith that's stopped being automatic
Just bow my friends. Kowtow for dividends.
When you do that, I'll stop being autocratic.

I can be very hard, I know it's true
but I'm only doing what's good for you
so just follow me & soon you will see
that one plus one doesn't always equal two.

I can't stand much more of your rudeness.
Doubting me now is freakin' useless
I don't need a running mate to win every state.
I've got me, myself & I. I've got Hubris.

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Published November 22, 2020

5 thoughts on “Hubris by my side.”

johnlmalone says:

November 23, 2020 at 3:10 pm

love the rhymes. love the last stanza: it’s not often you fin a poem praising Hubris; in fact it’s not often you find it in a rhyming poem 🙂

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1. abigfatcanofworms says:
  
  November 23, 2020 at 3:40 pm
  
  It was jolly hard work. It still feels a bit forced. But thanks for your kind words.
  
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  1. johnlmalone says:
    
    November 23, 2020 at 3:45 pm
    
    I know; to write an extended rhyming poem on a complex subject can seem a little forced; the alternative is to put aside for a time or to present it as it is; I’ve done both 🙂
    
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  2. abigfatcanofworms says:
    
    November 23, 2020 at 3:46 pm
    
    Yeah. It was a response to Fandango’s One Word Challenge. So I wasn’t invested in the topic. Just the challenge. That’s why I posted it rather than hanging on to it.
    
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  3. johnlmalone says:
    
    November 23, 2020 at 3:47 pm
    
    well, that makes sense
    
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