A gift of goodwill dragged too far

In goodwill frame sans garnished aim, 
A gift with a portmanteau name,
And given to a friend,
Motive nor any end, 
Plane, polite gallantry, no game. 
But world, wrapped in motive--
Subjective and dative,
Cause following effect 
And fiction feigning fact, 
Finds a fawn fawning in front of a dame.
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Happenings | 25.05.2026 | chocolate, gift, humour, world, Limerick
Note: A goodwill gift given by PM Modi on visit to his counterpart of Italy—no more no less but becoming a hot subject of the chatter circuit of social media. This ditty cries out of this excess and still ends up with an excess of alliteration of its own in the end.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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