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betrayed
i hate you!
how else can i feel anything
but contempt for you
when all my kindness was repaid
by cruelty,
this utter, blatant damage to
my emotional psyche?
"a relationship is out of the question ... "
your words run through my mind
in big, bold black letters, flashing
just like a billboard.
how quick you were to enter into one
with the tamer of the lions.
you speak nothing but lies,
spelling nothing but betrayal.
on the outside, i sustain a manner
of calmness, composure,
contrary to what i feel
on the inside, my hostility towards you
erupts like lava,
burning regularly like clockwork.
damn be his denim dexterity I
with which he holds your hand and touches you.
damn be his denim lips
that kiss you!
damn you for liking it .
and discussing your affairs concernmg
this biblical divine
in my presence!
how your flagrant betrayal
delves deep within my last nerves.
my blood runs black
from the soot excreted
by my burning visceral innards.
You will repair me
before you replace me!
Keith Remo
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