Sanctimonious

my life, a mission
expose the wrongs in the world
historic and politic
social and interpersonal
you have a cause?
I’ll join it
a ribbon?
I’ll wear it
want some money?
…we’ll talk
but I’m happy to post

I want everyone to
know I’m better than most
at my own moral standard
with a peer set goalpost
it’s not style over substance
it is cynical
complain about others
it’s sanctimonious

Poetry Scales 209