The Banalities of Contemporary Vanity

I'm so proud to write this Awash in self satisfaction

We're a team

Taking turns beating the obvious

Self affirming bromides articulated preciously, finely

Aren't we so clever? All this opinion...

Of course, what I say means the world to me

And the things you say mean the world to you

Most will do anything to keep those things truest

In the present tense our presence together must not be toxic

Less progress

So to remain on our team there must be illusion

Unanounced and poorly understood

Nearly never even stated (how mundane)

That we all can be so very wrong, often are

Though right here, today in this moment - we both hold our right

To believe in what we say

Such an uninspiring motive I should think

Anyway, that's what I'm thinking today

Uninspired

These are f*****g platitudes peppered with hackneyed stock phrases

Maybe I'm wrong, so be that I will

Yes I'd rather be wrong than insipid

Rather be stupid with vigor

Than ho hum and anemic

Contemporary blandness

In vanity based conversations

I can't find myself

So I'm quiting the team

And you can go f**k yourself