mollycoddle

from outside
we watch the show
the petulant
and pompous
performance
pouting
or perturbed
and pounding his chest
repeating his line
"the best, the best, the best"
and the rest
flutter about him
like birds to the nest
they mollycoddle
and mollify
his ego
and supply
a bounty of bootlicking
in hopes that by so doing
they'll avoid a kicking