angst cycle (iii) 
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we set up this team construction 
i played my role 
i held my side of the deal
 
she enticed and applied desire at me 
despite having a man 
i am not so much a bastard 
i don’t hurt strangers
 
but the enticement 
loaded me this poison 
i fight to defeat
 
nor do i in retrospect 
like the selfishness she shew 
playing a game that forced emotional pain 
on me or him 
and in the end 
on both
 
so she’d could bathe in lax and laziness 
not fix or end 
the problems she perceived 
she had with him
 
but when the ethics allowed i replied 
but you know she denied 
with her selfishness turned up to max 
took another
 
so the other can take the team project 
i know she’s said 
he’s incapable and lies 
but I suspect she misjudges
still
 
it shouldn’t take him 
more than a morning of work 
to knock up a quick substitute 
for the shop front
 
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