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A CONCEIT

Local anchors list the ways

viewers might enjoy tomorrow.

One says, “Get some great …,” but

that seems like a stretch.

The other snickers, meaning,

“Where were you going with that?”

Like you thought

Like you could defend

vanity

in the sense of

idle conceit,

vacuous self-

absorption,

doing whatever

it takes to

whatever

because,

really.

As if to say,

“Conceit

is the vacuum energy.”