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Sickophancy Fallacy

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By Paul StewartPublished 2 years ago • Updated 2 years ago • 1 min read
Sickophancy Fallacy
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I've been thinking about the word ingratiate

how it sounds rolling off my tongue, it sticks

in my throat, distasteful disdain, the refrain

inflamed senseless egobasting in jus de fous

cacophonous sickophancy fallacy,

est-ce pour curry flavour,

est-ce pour win over

the idea of ingratiating is nauseating, to me

transactional reactional, dissatisfactional

sometimes, being nice, is anything but

when there's a but, an end goal, beyond

encouragement, inspirement, motivatiment

ingratiation pour votre self-satisfaction

brutalisation of a civilisation foundation

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Author's Notes: As the subtitle, so the author's notes!

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Paul Stewart

Award-Winning Writer, Poet, Scottish-Italian, Subversive.

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    Written by Paul Stewart