Sycophant
by Ursula Rickle

When a word comes to me out of the blue

I don’t take it lightly

Why?

Because a word can make the world

or make it collapse


Sycophant

Hardly a word to mess around with

Despicable in its connotation

Obsequious

You damn brown-nose flunky.


You see what I mean?




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