bing

cover art courtesy of gargoyle pastures

you went and did it.
betraying my trust
as a friend,
i thought you were
on our side,
but you went and did
the unspeakable,
and it hit me like
“bing!”
why did you do it,
and more than once, too?

i had you saved
in my phone
and referred to as
“my dude,”
but now i feel sick
just thinking about you.
don’t you remember
when you told me
that you felt ashamed
that women had to
walk around at night
feeling scared?
but look what you’ve done!
THREE TO FOUR?
it shouldn’t have even
happened once!

but then what was worse,
when the going got tough,
you ran the other way.
dropped off of socials,
didn’t address a thing.
i thought you were smart,
but i was dead wrong,
especially when you came back,
with a sudden name change,
you said you had to
go through your material,
but why?
to sweep it under the rug?
wipe away your past?
feed on the misery
of the women
who have to live
with what you did?

you were once
once of my best friends,
the coolest kid
on the block,
a guy with mad talent
and the brain to match it.

well, i thought you had the brains.

but now i see
the real you,
a wolf in sheep’s clothing,
getting away with your
awful actions.
i hope karma
catches up to you,
because then you’ll have
some justification
for that high anxiety
of yours.