You are not my friend – v2

No matter what you claim
your interest in me
my hopes, my dreams,
the words that I write,
 
You are not my friend
if you steal from my employer
the one who pays me,
who measures my work.
 
Every theft a red mark
a blight on my record
on the judgment that others
will write, will mete out.
 
You are not my friend
no matter how you sugar coat it;
I will cast you out the circle
into the outer darkness the abyss.
 
I may weep for the loss
of our conversations
but the pain is the greatest
in the lies of your attention.
 
You are not my friend,
you have proven it plainly,
trusting I would never catch you
that you were immune to consequence.
 
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Edited December 15, 2022

You are not my friend – v2

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Adding stanza 5 and 6

December 15, 2022

You are not my friend

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/12/you-are-not-my-friend.html

 

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