Paragon of Virtue

Respected but more feared
As a man of tempered steel
An expert at ensuring he got
The best of any signed  deal.
He got a Degree in Pomposity
From the university of life
Followed by a Masters in
The Obvious and The Trite.
Doctorate soon followed
In Self Righteous Thought,
Waxes forth on Social Media
Where he daily holds court,
Pouring vitriol and scorn
To those who don’t know
Life’s a veritable paradise under
Our beneficent Status Quo.
A paragon of virtue, this
Self proclaimed made man
Telling the world if he can do it
Then surely anybody can.
International businessman
With his modern sweat shop
Using Zero Hour Contracts to
To keep his workers on the hop
He attends religious observance 
Al least once every single week 
Where he virtuously professes
To be humble, mild and meek.
He’ll probably live for ever
Which really isn’t so very odd:
No Heaven could be big enough
To hold both him and his God.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Rhymer Avatar
January 7, 2023 at 6:46 PM
Always enjoy.Always.
Ireland Avatar
January 8, 2023 at 1:28 AM
Thanks Vickey
Volumes Avatar
January 7, 2023 at 5:22 PM
have met people who can never die for that very reason ! Another beaut poem Terry.
Ireland Avatar
January 8, 2023 at 1:29 AM
There's quite a few around, Wen
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