Writers Group Theme: Currying Favour
(A Bitter & Twisted Writer’s Dream Theme)
It’s not in my DNA;
fawning over gatekeepers
with gift wrapped cupcakes,
or doting on editors
in honey voiced platitudes
at a publishing house soirée.
It’s lame – a step away
from hip replacement surgery.
Far better to curry flavours;
sautee onion & cheeky spices
with virgin oils – rustle up
a tomato or coconut based hothouse.
Give me a flaming Vindaloo
on a billow of fluffy rice
any day of the week,
and twice on a Sunday.
And as for puffery,
I’ve something more tasty
in mind. Perhaps the Literati
could redefine human physiology;
bend over backwards,
rotate ninety degrees
like a corkscrew
and kiss their own backsides.
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