Rancid Regrets Poem by John Sensele

Rancid regrets reveal
Expediency that fails to correct
Hurts inflicted on partners in a deal
That droves of dishonesty and deceit couldn't protect.

Rancid regrets amount to lip service
Injustice and iniquity
Heaped on victims whom our disservice
Lumbers with pain packets without pity in our sorrow city.

Rancid regrets seldom rectify
Situations sullied by our unfairness
When our intimate interaction we modify
To increase the gulf of sadness and unhappiness.

Rancid regrets for wrongs repeated
Several times in our lives
Turn away trust pitted
Against our deranged drives.