Vanity of Vanity

stamp & strut
ego unlocked
reserve abandoned
to lie and die
courtesy struggles
to triumph over
narcissitic instinct:
status trumpets
..me...my..mine
look am I not 
looking fine..
clap,applaud
no shame  the
name of my game
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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