Where do we Stand?

9.27.21

Where do we stand?
We both cheated
though we won’t admit it
in company
And I expect that
like me
you doubt something
which you were
certain of with
a conviction born
of molten iron
	No, that’s what it felt like
but you can see now it was
molten glass

You thought I cheated first
That drove you to break rules
like a Scottish mason breaks bones

You were relentless

It was all I could do to stay standing
	and we’re both still standing
our contest not yet closed
and we are lost
or at least I am

Before we proceed,
	where do we stand?