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Ineptitude's no longer an excuse

Complacency and comfort are a poison

Achievement is a lie based on the sordid paradigm of misplaced gratitude for that already deserved

Awaken from this turgid slumber

Dispense with flaccid notions of well-meaning

The thought that counts is worthless if the spine that backs it falters, incapable of bolstering the line

Rotten, so very rotten

the core decays, and the facade crumbles

Rotten, a taint to tar the tongue

as perfumed smiles, mask the foetid reek

The only truth

resides

in actions done

no empty words

Aspire toward the betterment of others

Prepare to plunge hands into the dirt

To sift beneath the filth, the anathema of guilt, upon which vanity and inequity will thrive

On the surface, so fine, a contentment bold and blithe

Behind the veil, inside, a cancer multiplies

So pernicious, so rotten, an insatiable, venal glutton

Devouring, consuming, until the whole is gone