MACHIAVELLIAN LIMINALITY

MACHIAVELLIAN LIMINALITY

Machiavellian liminality was the weapon

you used to hunt my dignity,

till I had nowhere to hide,

nowhere to run,

losing my ability to combat

your tricks and your trade—

the ones you learnt and practised

on multiple women,

who were bad at math,

losing their minds and their utility

trying to escape the fortress

of your grandeur and nobility,

till finally they escaped your cell

to find peace with the hell

they endured—

infidelity, loss of identity, hostility.

God forbid—

Machiavellian liminality

was the weapon of your cowardly

conquest...