Private Thoughts of the Award-Winner

You’re all applauding
That’s nice
But you don’t really know me, do you?

The people who know me best
They’re not that crazy about me

Oh, I want to be loved
But I want it my way
And my way
Seems to hurt other people

I’ll say my words now
I’ve been practicing
I was pretty sure I would win
Emotional pause, here
Tearful look in my eyes, there
I am in the business after all
But then, so are all of you

I fein emotions for a living
And this – this is just another role
Just another “adoring crowd”

But the applause will soon die
And the superstar will collapse into nothing but clothes
And this bitter, frozen hulk of a human being
Will go back home
To a house that dreads his return

The Raging Narcissist Award

I’m beyond thrilled to be nominated
Beyond thrilled, I say

Actually, I’ve never been past “thrilled”
I’m not entirely sure what I would find there
Come to think of it
I think I last got as far as “thrilled” a couple of months ago
And I wasn’t that chuffed about it

I would like to thank Beleaguered Servant
Over at his other blog
For nominating me
Thanks, buddy
This came as a real surprise

I wonder if acting like two blogs
Are actually separate entities
Makes me into more than one person in real life?
Since I use a pseudonym,
Doesn’t that make already make me
Officially multiple people?

I hope to prove worthy of this award
In fact, I think I can say with some confidence
That few people deserve this more than I do

Yes, and if there was an
“Insufferable Jerk” award
You could win that,
And sit here hour on hour
Having self-congratulatory orgasms

I am supposed to pass the
Raging Narcissist Award
On to someone else
But if I did
I would hardly
Have deserved it in the first place,
Right?

You raise a valid point there, Owen
Perhaps you should just say your thanks
And get off the stage

Thanks again everyone
Remember, there would be
No narcissists without other people
To give insufficient attention to