Best Fakery Poems
FakeryYou see them all the time,
the Stepford wife
and her counterpart,
the bronzed over, buffed high sheen,
man bun walking in skinny jeans,
so tight they squeak...
HIPSTER as they pass on by.
With a flower in the beard,
the artisans musk hinting the air,
bees wax soap and a...
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Categories:
fakery, america, confusion, culture, identity,
Form:
Free verse
Faces of FakeryIndeed you’re not him
Yet the mentality is like you’re his twin
I’m no longer trying to win
I’ve suffered enough from within in his sin
Tempting me to come in
Indeed you’re not him
Yet your words are sharp
As clear as David was playing...
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Categories:
fakery, allusion, anxiety, black african
Form:
Rhyme
fakeryI can be a wretched fake, in private, intimate performance.
I’m an actress capable of imitating spontaneous pleasure -
by tricks of hesitation, convulsive vocal play and postures.
A mimicry undetectable to an immediate spectator.
Aww, thank you, I’ll sigh, as if leaving a good party.
“I’ve got a lot...
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Categories:
fakery, humor, school, student,
Form:
Free verse