it’s a tale of woe if there ever was one
of a beautiful boy with beautiful hands
a spinner of deals, like no deals ever spun
a boastful lone tweeter who ruled o’er the land
above all, ‘twas loyalty, blind and unquestioning
that he demanded of those in his court
this one-sided toll would become the reckoning
of this narcissist leader who lied just for sport
he surrounded himself with fawners and yessers
with donors and wannabe moguls and fools,
oligarchs too, horsebacked underdressers,
gaslighting the masses, he broke every rule
then one day a hero emerged on the council
a true man of honor, a keeper of justice
one by one he indicted court jesters until
only two of the fawners were left on the list
a scrapper called fixer would squeal for his skin
while a stormy cloud’s lining loomed brash on display
with no favors to claim and his chips all cashed in
the man boy had run out of aces to play
It’s a sad day you know when not everyone’s thrilled
to be rid of the terrible reign of this fool
I’ve kept the main players anon, if you will
to say them out loud; that just wouldn’t be cool
some folks believe that this whole thing is fake
it’s hard to believe it could really be true
history will prove it when less is at stake
how a villainous braggart staged a great coup.
~kat
An Epic poem for NaPoWriMo Day 21, Prompt: try writing a poem that plays with the myth of narcissist in some way.
April 21st, 2018 at 11:39 pm
Ahhh… Accurate meter… Unforced rhyme… Coherent message… How satisfying… Ahhh…😊
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April 21st, 2018 at 11:41 pm
Thank you Ana. Long day away. Been chewing in this intermittently. 😊
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April 22nd, 2018 at 12:33 am
Hmmmmm…,…loved it perfect in every way ❤
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April 22nd, 2018 at 3:06 am
Thank you!
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April 22nd, 2018 at 1:24 am
A tall tale with a happy ending. If only….
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April 22nd, 2018 at 3:05 am
I know…a girl can dream!
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April 22nd, 2018 at 1:26 am
I see what you did there, and enjoyed your tale. I wondered who might pick up the prompt and run with it in this way.
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April 22nd, 2018 at 3:07 am
Thanks Nora. I thought it would be fun to update the story! 😊
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April 22nd, 2018 at 7:17 am
Practically perfect for pondering Peter!
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April 22nd, 2018 at 7:20 am
Thank you Peter. 🙂
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April 26th, 2018 at 3:15 am
Reblogged this on Read 4 Fun and commented:
Test
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April 26th, 2018 at 4:21 am
[…] My intention was to press a reblog button on Kat Myrman’s site and have the following appear. Since I couldn’t make that happen, I copied and pasted from her site. The original URL is https://katmyrman.com/2018/04/21/a-tall-tale/ […]
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April 26th, 2018 at 4:23 am
I tried to reblog this using the reblog button. I have no idea where it went but it didn’t go to my blog so I did a manual cut and paste (with attribution of course). This was too clever not to share.
https://ron877.com/2018/04/26/who-needs-electricity/
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