(no subject)

[shiningfractal]

I only wish to understand
what makes you feel
superior to other people
deserving of anything
other than indifference
self-respecting pride?
some strange instinct
leftover of your
diluted noble heritage?
there was a grain of truth
in these assertions
just made me think
how far we had already
proceeded on the way
towards indifference
trying to rein in
his German sympathies
any more than
his other inclinations
unjustifiable fits
of ill-temper arose
from the slightest frustration
but I congratulate you
for bringing to our attention
the comic aspects of adultery
any other clown would have left us
more annoyed than anything
but coming from a saint
that chiding sounds
perfectly alright
it was all the more awkward for me
the favourable impressions I received
made me even more self-conscious

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