Tuesday, September 29, 2026

honest cheat

 honest cheat

 

So, I can't take you home

But we can walk someway

Like water and dirt-

But when I have sat long and thought,

Friend,

I'll come clean and leave you silting on the rocks;

I'll remember my better English and court manners

My own good fortune

A better future with an upmarket man -

An honest cheat and a loud-mouthed backstabber

Unimpassioned rider on any wind blowing anywhere

Whose throat doesn’t choke with empathy

Whose fist doesn’t unclench for charity

A man bred more like me.

 


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