A narcissist?
That isn’t a nice thing to say
to one who is perfect in every way.
I don’t wish to sound vain,
but the truth is quite plain;
I’m top of the A list,
on everyone’s play list.
There’s no-one can match my magnetic attraction,
my beauty’s undimmed by dark and refraction,
even my mirror’s in love with me.
Why, if I could find someone as winsome as I,
I’d wed them today and whisk them away,
but no matter how hard I try,
this sweet face is all I can see –
I can love no-one but me.
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Written for The Daily Post Word Prompt: Narcissism
©Jane Paterson Basil
,,, a flower?
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LMBO!
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Haha 🙂
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Most excellent verbiage! Quite adorable! LOL
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Thank you Calen 🙂
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Yes you look great, and it’s just a word from Greek Mythology, where a young Narcissus fell in love with own image in a pool of water, so the whole thing is just a myth, and like everything else, taken in moderation it’s ok, and won’t do you any harm.
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I used the Waterhouse painting “Echo and Narcissus” to illustrate the story behind the poem. I’m a fan of PreRaphaelite art… 🙂
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Yes, it’s a wonderful painting.
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Your poem is so great. Good understanding of that word we don’t want to use with you! 😛
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Thank you! 🙂
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You are welcome.
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Very clever.
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Thank you 🙂
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I’m top of the A list,
on everyone’s play list.
Ha. My fave lines, Jane… Good job. xo
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Thank you, Judy. I have a sneaky feeling I might have used those lines before…
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Not that I remember, but if you have, they are worth using twice.
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Twice, maybe, but not more. I have an uneasy image of myself, in my dotage, scribbling old poems and thinking they’re new – or worse, laying claim to my favorite classic poems 🙂
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Ha. Every once in a while I find a poem in my files with no name and wonder whether I wrote it or someone else did. Scary.
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When I first got a computer I unknowingly did something which altered the format of a piece of writing. When I found it, I became convinced that someone had infiltrated my documents, and dropped their own poem in there. It’s funny, looking back, but at the time I was so traumatised by other events that I got quite paranoid until Laura took a look and explained what I’d done. I kept saying it was too good for me to have written. Once she’d finally convinced me that it WAS mine, I concluded that I was a brilliant writer – until I re-read it a couple of years later.
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Ha. I’d like to see it.
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Three years ago I was living in a tent, working as a holiday campsite warden. My computer battery was inefficient and I had to walk a couple of miles to the nearest power point, and I had little time, so I posted some old stuff to keep me going.
It’s totally bonkers, but so what? https://janebasilblog.wordpress.com/2015/04/06/promises/
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I have a friend here who loved this piece as well. I’d like to reblog it!!!
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I’m still reeling from the shock of discovering how much you like it. A reblog from you is truly a treasure.
I’m not sure if I should mention that you are by far my favorite WP poet…
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Thanks, Jane. I am a fan of yours, as well. I love that you never make use of the obvious metaphor.
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I revel in metaphor, and I like to think I’m as original as a pair of Levis on a Hells Angel… that’s me trying for a cliché., which it possibly isn’t, but It’s certainly obvious.
How about “As original as sin.”? That MUST be a cliché.
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I had made that comment before but evidently didn’t hit the “send” button. Found it under your blog and finally remedied that.
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I do that all the time with texts – and then I wonder why I don’t get replies 🙂
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Definitely summed up the brain of a Narcisist…….xox
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xoxo
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See another image and mentally reduce its size. It makes the narcissist look bigger 🙂
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Hmm… 🙂
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lol very clever!
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Thank you. A little light entertainment…
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absolutely!
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I cannot possibly disagree with you, Jane ! You’re top of the A-list 🙂 in a nice way …
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Thank you so much, Raili 🙂
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Brava.. 😎🥀😎🥀😎🥀
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Thank you Dorna xx
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this made me chuckle 🙂
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I had fun with this one 🙂
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Oh, I’ve met a few of these! They are the centre of their own universe and no one’s voice is sweeter than their own, no work of art more beautiful than what they see reflected in the bathroom mirror. Made me smile Jane
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Thank you Lynn. Writing it made ME smile, too 🙂
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Sadly far too many in the world
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