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Taken Aback

Hit me like a back-handed slap
when off-guard, unprepared and vulnerable.
I could not see it coming!
Lover's sweet words, once honeyed and kind,
now sharp and cruel as thorns, piercing unrelenting,
hacking into the quick, where you know it hurts.
Leaving me shattered, splattered,
stunned and dumped off-track.
I was taken aback, and shafted
by the attack.

Copyright © John Anderson

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