Why Do You
Why do you feel it necessary to make snide
remarks in the guise of a compliment?
The person I may have been last year is not
the person I am today. But you can’t really see
that since you’ve decided to throw digs my way,
in the guise of backhanded praise.
Things are not the same as before, but, when you
speak all I feel is a sucker punch to my core.
An ugly word wrapped in a pretty package does not
make it sweet and appealing, only unpalatable.
Needless to say when spoken in mixed company
just makes you look like a tyrant and horrible.
You feel you are beyond reproach that all you do
Is as it should be done and no one else can get in
word one. You may be fooling yourself into thinking
You are a genuine, professional person,
But all I see is judgment and derision.
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