Friday, August 06, 2021

Low-balled Again

Blanked and bewildered by

Low-ball deception,

Cranked up and shanked with

A shiv to the gut.

Offered up lamb-like to

Bare pagan ritual,

Left like road kill to

Rot in the rut.

 

You might have thought I would

Learn by now to

Stay out of the waters where

Sharks tend to tread.

But blinders and short-term

Memory lapses

Beckon for strangers to

Crawl in my bed.

 

I take exception,

Protest in anger.

No matter the offer from

Stranger or friend.

My eyes won’t falter.

My will won’t wither.

I will never be

Low-balled again.

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