Let’s Pretend

It’s all surface play, you know,

the careful words and euphemisms.

Allusions

Illusions

Occlusions

Around and around the mulberry bush,

until we all fall down.

Flaccid arguments replace real words.

We speak of ghosts and phantoms.

Oblique

Misspeak

All tidy and sleek,

but no more real than shadows

on cave walls.

So don your favorite costume.

Paste a smile upon your face.

Practice your sidelong looks and innuendo,

for there are elephants in this room,

and they are hungry.

This is a Three Word Wednesday post.