A Detonated Pageant

I shuddered in

silent disbelief

when I first saw it,

crudely strapped

to the bottom

of almost

everyone’s chair.

Amidst the fanfare,

it produced a low

buzzing sound,

that was obvious,

If anyone was willing

to pause and listen.

If they did,

they would have feared they

would never hear

another sound

more fatal to

their pageantry.

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