Originally published (Online, 2001) in Conspire (now defunct), but heavily revised for today's FOWC.
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Betrayal
Betrayal is a small gray box
on a midnight bedside table.
Two plastic tubes hiss,
push air, but fail to inflate
useless hungry lungs.
Late at night they conspire
and I am helpless,
lying in the dark,
listening
to mechanized promises
but hearing only whispered lies.
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Fandango's One Word Challenge
~ Machine ~
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