Monday, 12 April 2010

Persiflage

PERSIFLAGE

–noun

1. light, bantering talk or writing.
2. a frivolous or flippant style of treating a subject.



Heated discussions
About what can be considered
- Allowed -
As being ironic or not
Go beyond your basic persiflage,
YET
Nobody mentions the Spanish Inquisition.


Painting of Sixtus IV and Tomàs de Torquemada by Jean Paul Laurens

2 comments:

Dina said...

So that is Torquemada? He looks as frightening as his name.

Anonymous said...

A clever idea.