The Violator Poem by Professor Dr. Stanley Collymore

The Violator



By Stanley Collymore

How does it feel in your obsessive and pernicious
pursuit of social approbation to callously and
self-servingly betray that one person who
staunchly stood by you when everyone
else around you just didn’t want to
know? Who at great cost to
them financially and the substantial risk of
also ruining their own reputation because of
you, nevertheless faithfully kept faith in
and protected you from misfortune
when your enemies, legion in
number, simply wanted to
viciously tear your
heart asunder?

Or is the sudden and dubious social acceptance
of you by fair-weather friends who’ve heard
of your huge win on the lottery that only
came about through the courtesy and
generosity of the money you got
from your sole benefactor,
and as a result now want to
opportunistically cash in on your
unanticipated but opportune success
by finally, conveniently and
somewhat questionably
offering their friendship no less,
and to hell with true friendship,
fidelity and ethicalness, the
only thing that matters
to you in the end?

© Stanley V. Collymore
19 March 2013.

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