Is What?

Ricochets
or
Repellants

Empathy
or
Mimicry

Virtual Pats
or
Behind-the-back sniggers

Approval
or
Advantage

Complimentary
or
Exploitation

Self-satisfaction
or
Air-brushed ego

Such are the ways of the world
Coded language of self-survival

No place for the naive
And the easily swayed

Ostriches, all
With heads deep
In the sand of illusions