A Faux-Pas of a Celebration

Exultant excitability chase
Leaving a bad taste
A faux-pas of a celebration
In place of jubilation
Camera smiles full of lies
All the party in disguise
Veiled in ceremonious style
Triumphant distractions to beguile
Hush-hush in a clamorous hilarity
A dressed-up gaiety
Revelling with wine and in consternation
Addled and unable to form an illation
The after-truth hurt multiplied
Feelings of exclusion intensified
The devil has been sold a soul through the back door
Of someone I adore
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Gilliam Avatar
September 5, 2017 at 9:28 AM
I really like this poem and am using it in a sermon series celebrating grace and contrasting it with legalism.
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September 5, 2017 at 1:46 PM
Hi Christopher. Shouldn't you ask my permission to use my poem? I still don't understand why you are using it?
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