The Phoney Real
There’s a type of personality that intrigued
me for years, a type that defied description;
but I knew it when I saw it, and I had to know
why they got under my skin. Then one day I
saw a movie on Netflix with an actor who came
across to me not as he wanted to be, an authentic
individual, but as an affectation of the real thing,
(Ethan Hawke, if you really want to know); and
suddenly it hit me that this type is true to what
they are not, and not true to what they are. And
all those movie stars, popular singers, politicians,
and high-profile people who affect authenticity
no longer annoy me; and I added them to a class
of people that I call the phoney real, which
is not the same as real phoney.
Composed in Tiny Beaches,
Georgian Bay, Southcentral,
Ontario
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
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