Monday, December 14, 2020

Perfidy: An Afterthought



Perfidy 

an afterthought



Meet it is I set it down: the word of humankind is shit

& meaningless withal; once Evil's rancid sweetness tasted 

some will refuse aught else; so oft in secret feast illicit,

their Virtue starves & putrefies, literally wasted. 


Because you would not keep your word, it helps me keep for me      

my promise never ever to again so compromise my heart's defenses

made after the first waves of pain had left me empty cold & stony 

looking over the overlookéd warnings brought me early by my senses 


that day, that date, that moment, to see, of what cold planning, what extent

the sheer depth & breadth of your betrayal almost -- impressive -- in its scope

had not your coldly planned deceit so utterly befouled as it went

did not your easy mocking glee bereft reveal your ugliness of hope


a certain incident my heart perforce remembers as it must 

to mark what possibility remains of future faith in human trust



dedicated to one no longer in my life

by a female Faust



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