appropriately –
trepidatious.
self-confined within an imagined cell of solitude.
odious –
repugnant –
undoubtedly,
intentionally deceptive –
surreptitiously culled from heinous acts of collusion…
and standing there –
silhouette in the rain –
feigning sincere conviction to implied compassion, yet
acutely opaque…
lower the flag please.
half- mast.
21 gun salute –
rehearsed tribute to the passing of credibility.
and from these eyes,
no tears.
standing too close to the edge 