We try ‘signal virtue’
to ingratiate
like when those in church who
self-felicitate
As we in presumption
lay claim to be ‘woke’
then with purloined gumption
in pretense we cloak
Of course it takes temerity
to fully fake sincerity
Not Poetry. Quatrain Verse in English & Swedish. Dagsverser. On the Mundane & the Arcane.
We try ‘signal virtue’
to ingratiate
like when those in church who
self-felicitate
As we in presumption
lay claim to be ‘woke’
then with purloined gumption
in pretense we cloak
Of course it takes temerity
to fully fake sincerity