Remy Dambron
[nahr-suh-sist]
narcissist goes too extreme
measures
avoids
taking responsibility
for narcissist is never
wrong
but narcissist can only be
if those who praise exist as well
in abundance
for narcissist fears
solitude
in this vain
narcissist loves only conditionally
those who enable its self
serving behaviors
for narcissist demands absolute
loyalty
narcissist systematically
inserts itself
seamlessly
into
everything
for narcissist is blind
to worthiness of
others
narcissist is never
content
constantly craving
endlessly creating conflict to mask its lawlessness
mastering deception
for narcissist is an agent of chaos
thriving on
disorder
narcissist is pathological
repetitious
superfluous
hypocritical
parasitical
pernicious highly
devious
narcissist is multiplying
like swarms of locusts
biblical
city of sin
nation of lies
sickness level
critical
Poems by Remy Dambron have appeared previously in What Rough Beast, as well as in New Verse News, Society of Classical Poets, Poets Reading the News, and Writer’s Resist. He and his wife live in Portland, Oregon, where they advocate for social justice and spread smiles under the belief that happiness can be contagious too.
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