Disingenuity and Tea

as she pretends to pretentious

in place of irony

all airs and graces takes

for favour's sake

coy and twee

edited clipped refined and sweet

nectar for mine ear

nothings sounding

deep

deep

she leaves

stewing cross hatched

h

dropped

t

but this nostalgia is not what

it used to be

and so

she bakes anaphylatic cakes

mandrakes

for sleep

adieu adieu adieu

remember me

Rick Dove (c) 2016