Fake Things

What I loathe are the fake things
 Porcelain smiles, cardboard handshakes
 Laughter so hollow, it echoes
 Nebulous promises forgotten 
 Just as soon as they are enunciated
 Pretence when none is needed
 Feigned sincerity that even
 A child can see through
 Nebulous promises, however well-intentioned
 I loathe to the Nth degree
 Sweet as they might be
 They soon melt away like candifloss
 Fakeness, I loathe
 Sincerity, I love 
 For it speaks to character and substance
 To which, I can only aspire
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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