Betrayal Road Poem by John Weber

Devastated again
Scrape my pride off your shoe
We’ve both abused
My generosity enough for now
Every moment of blissful denial
Dashes with your glare and wink
The lies of omission
This lust for contrition
I can’t fix my stance
With my back to that cracked wall
Contemptible ghost
Haunt another sucker
With your sigh
And giggle
Share your laugh at my expense
To lighten the world
I’ll shoulder the burden
Of longing to grow with you
My conversation
Loses voices every day
Yet one cries out without abandon
So I stuff a sock in his mouth
To hold that weeper ransom
Chop off a toe
As proof of life
Before collecting my prize
And snuffing it out for good