POEM STARTER
Submitted by Elowyn Abernathy
Write an ode, but make it sarcastic.
An ode is a poem that normally focuses on a subject in a positive and glorifying light. Think about how you'll make the tone obviously sarcastic.
The Narcissist’s Ode
O, imagine the sheer delight
To bask in an image bright
Seeped in confidence to the brim
Unaware your light is dim
A star in a galaxy of mere moons
Revolving to your brilliant tunes
Sitting at my desk I wonder
How do you justify your blunders?
Clients complain, wail, and implore
The bar association is at the door
As matters collect dust on the floor
How much more can they endure?
Heed Narcissis, model of perfection
Died admiring his own reflection
Yet what you fail to gasp
Is we can see the grifter in the glass
Ponzi scheming can only bear strife
tightrope walking on the edge of a knife
Hollow dreams as a rich man’s wife
Instead all hard wigs but no soft life