vicious generosity (a work in progress..)

[Cerebral Knievel]

If lies are the currency of the world
then your lips are wastrels
and it's
distasteful
that those wretched alms
are a welcome balm
to my battered beggar's soul
shamelessly I hold
my heart
out like a tin cup
hoping you'll fill it up
with the mirthless smiles
and false passions
that in their own fashion
resemble so much loose change
cast my way
to show your benevolence
to a man that has yet
to realize his irrelevance
.............

(tbc)