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Second Person

By Patrick Mathieu

You

Who woo

For narcissistic

Return

 

Regarding friend

As toy

To be manipulated

 

You

Competing

Solely to prove

You’re

Better than

 

Thinking friend

When favor

You need

 

Profit

When favor

Is sought

 

You

With sonorous

Timbre of glee

When speaking

Of friends’ failures

 

Using

Honesty

As Trojan horse

For Cruelty

 

Evoke

Flip side

Of love

 

Eliciting

 

Searing

Brimstone

Of hate

 

How

In God’s name

Did you

Become president?[1]

[1] This stanza was recently added. The poem proper was penned long ago.

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