Winner of the Spinning Nouns contest, April 2006. |
Kingdom of One This exploitative supersizer stands In the fires of envious aggrandizing Stoking self-centric delusional grandeur With the gasses of his invented felicity. He throws his simple poison darts at Us who deal with his ostentatious predilection For aggravated agitation’s precocious desires. He blows his inflatable stories up with hot air, Expanding to epic proportions The vacant cavity of his hollow reality Above all we could ever dream of Or ever hope to be for he is better than we, And we are nothing more than weeds To be scythed with the blade of his tongue. He gloats and drives us to derision With the tasteless virtuosity of his eminence In this ultra-phantasmal kingdom of one, Where he reigns and reigns supreme In his paper castle and palace of cards. Pity this self-important maximizer who Seethes in the fires of envy, for he will burn. Lament this jealous aggrandizer who Stands in the fleeting gasses of invented felicity, For they will dissipate and he will implode. And when it all comes tumbling down, There will be nothing left of the pile That was made of nothing before. |