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Villanelle: the Fake Or the Phoney Thrive Only On Blatant Envy

Villanelle: The Fake or the Phoney thrive only on blatant envy The Fake or the Phoney thrive only on blatant envy Who’ll stoop to any level to scuttle the imagined rival Smiles drawn tight on faces sullen with conspiracy Yin’s motivating force lies in usurping Yang’s glory Drives it to ape and rob the Yang for supposed survival The Fake or the Phoney thrive only on blatant envy In scarce genuine values world the spurious spawn many Few who strive for what endures bypass not the ephemeral Smiles drawn tight on faces sullen with conspiracy Cryptomaniacs control art subsumed into personality Accidental uses of material rate neither as error nor trial The Fake or the Phoney thrive only on blatant envy The Spurious clamour with the public for easy bounty Even time-tested concepts and ideas hardly prove original Smiles drawn tight on faces sullen with conspiracy Envy turns the sprocket chains of fortune for the many Who just skip and dance and hoot till the final upheaval The Fake or the Phoney thrive only on blatant envy Smiles drawn tight on faces sullen with conspiracy © T. Wignesan – Paris, 2014

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