The Best Insincerity

In anticipation of my book signing in three weeks, I'm sharing my poem "The Best Insincerity," published in issue 67 of Red Fez (available online), as a teaser:

Flattery is best insincerity
When it is insincere to compliment
With gilded lies that hide the truth surely
And boast ideal or opposite extent.
The goal is without exact modesty
That no reproach should come of description
In overcompensating vanity
With yeas where nays proliferate station.
The face bulges; the waist transcends all space;
The knees buckle; and belches sure appeal,
But this one becomes testament to race,
A real charmer, godlike and yet genteel.
No sarcasm pretends so criminal.
Obsequious is praise for unequal.