[ Background Perception Check ]
**PERCEPTION FAILED**
You do not see it coming.

The greatest poem ever written,

guard it              carefully,

garner a carefree attitude to art.

It intimidates life,

the dated schoolyard kind of flattery.

it flaunts to fawn the fault of fauna.

Stop.

              And smell the flora.

(Read: Roses.)

              (as in, Actual Red Roses)

as the image becomes artifice

by other name, by any means.

I was once bitten

at a biennial celebration of shyness.

Almost ironic

as I’ve been courting fame.

The score is love-none.

The melody of disillusion and loss.
Delusion is the opiate of the main character

and the antidote.

Add a passive buff.

[+1 Luck]

Nothing can prepare you

for success

like a good modifier,

reckless swings akimbo.

I came for the party,

stayed for the friends we made along the way.

Respec’ed for character development,

Save Scummed for plot.

Started over.

A dexterous D20 roll.

Games are made for playing,

Bard is still the best class.