Lyrical Jazz

Academic double barreled lyrical jazz,
a dusty thesaurus, of worn out phrases,
The plot unimportant, the meaning elusive ,
lyrical fodder, on the walnut shelf,
Bard & laureate quilled, by order of privilege,
pretentious in arrogance that prose supersede,
the minion who resides in the lines that are scribed, 
in rhythmical biro's beautiful flow,
The elite dictate elocution states, the second line contain idioms to repel,
word becomes utterance,   meanings elucidation,
a lack of understanding, sings absent education,
Residing in the club of cigar smoke & port,
A secret society, where few hold court,
Their verse cries hurrah, in doff of cap,
though the silent majority think its nothing but… 

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