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suffer & writhe
Linda M. Crate
you always want to play the hero,
but you are the villain
of this story;
wayward and sick as a starving wolf
you snap and bite at everyone
friend or foe—
you tell yourself you’re a good person,
but you’re a maggot because
disgusting as you are
you could never be a cockroach
for they have the bravery of wings and braveness
is something you’ll never have;
weak and fragile as a worm
you writhe in the
face of danger
i hear that you’re a good hand puppet
for your wife—
i would have thought that maybe a woman would
want something more than a spineless coward,
but perhaps this is the beginning of karma
maybe she’ll shatter your heart
like you did mine;
maybe it’s wrong to hope it
but i want you to suffer
as i did.
