False Impressions

Peacock fans feathers
Assuming authority
So far from the truth!

Substantially flawed
This mock display of grandeur
Belies neutral fact

For ego can’t match
The actual ugly facts
That are now exposed!

Despicable fool
Unable to hide his guilt
Despite full plumage

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Guilty Deflection (A Haiku)

Constant deflection
The single device that hoists
With one’s own petard

By unknown, possibly Italian (Library of Congress[1] (image 186 of 601),[2]) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons