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That Day

Ralph Monday

Your at first virtual affair made me
A robot. Heart began to change into a
Brass drum, internal soft flesh hardened
Like a wooden spear tip blackened by
Flame.
Cyber cheat consummated in the darkness,
Hidden by night when you opened to
A fraud that you did not know. You too
Became machine, rejected the only kindness
Known in years. What took me a year of
Respect, human interaction, patience,
You surrendered in days to a black thing,
A panting user rummaging through the
Garbage of an academic back alley, a
Creature brother to rats, father to fucking
Maggots.
Just before Christmas, smiling, you gave me a gift:
I want you to always be a part of my life.
I always want us to be friends.

Festive crumbs.
You drove away secure in your new amour,
And I became a discarded android, until
You found rejection from a thing that
Never accepted its playtoy for a night.
Its gift of the magi to you a Facebook page
Filled with women, yours just another
Photo notch. What were you thinking? Were
You so desperate for affection that you
Embraced Dr. Jekyll and ate his hide?
Then you wrote that while I was fucking
Him all I thought about was you.

Love does not exist in a machine, a
Friend will wait, like seeks like, not
Betrothal buried by betrayal, not
Touching an alien thing that scuttles
in darkness like a blind worm
nesting in shit.



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