He caressed
impudence;
he flirted with
vertigo.
He walked in.
Following him,
a faint aroma
of principles wafted
into the
conference room.
He sniffed it
and stormed out.
Without a word to others.
He found himself
consumed by
an anger, a fire.
He would not be tricked
by ethics or values.
Carpe Diem 