(S)wordplay
heap empty praise upon the page
and purge the sincere word
from tongue and tablet
from lip and pen
from biography to epitaph to dirge
speak only the scripted
the pre-approved consensus
the faux that masquerades as bona fide
and preens and parades
in common spaces
muddling the genuine with the ersatz
and remixing the meaning of truth
Sumayyah Talibah
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