Foot or Dagger?

By Rhiannonw

Thu, 20 Sep 2018
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Better someone foolishly imprudent,
foot in mouth,
even impudent
(though much trouble then consequent,
and apologies should be
frequent)

but still an improvement
on

the sly can’t-be-trusted,
the oily smooth, confident,
polite, pleasing flatterer
with velvet-sheathed dagger,
whose promises on paper
are crumpled when convenient,
whose word is as dust
blown away and forgotten –
pleasantness concealing
heart rotten.    

 

Certificate U
Poem
Miscellaneous
Philosophy
Humour

Comments

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

That was an interesting read Rhiannon - I've never heard it before - is it an old saying?

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you. No, it was a take on 'cloak and dagger' that seemed to fit thoughts on the frustration people feel with oily double-talk where they cannot know what the speaker really believes in, and prefer a straightforward speaker – though his/her opinions might be foolish, or may be hasty and need to be revised! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by thornwood on

Very deep and profound poetry.

An apology at times can be a move in the corect direction. We all make mistakes mate is part of our journey.

Keep writing, always or reading is just as viable.

Stephen d

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Stephen.

Certainly an apology, and being willing to admit mistakes is so beneficial, and we can help one another then. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

As someone who invariable and unwittingly (lack of wit on my part that is) pokes others with the wrong end of the stick, I liked this poem :0) We just watched the Immitation Game about Alan Turing and it was like listening to glass scraping, the silences when he had said something and not realised why everyone was angry. Yet he was a great man, doing his best for others and it is terrible how he was not respected

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Better to be a blunderer than a liar or hypocrite.

But we blunderers need to try to learn to think before speaking, but not to try to deceive, just to be careful of  facts, and kind and unambiguous! Rhiannon