Tainted

Played like a fool

In front of everyone

Disgraced and ridiculed

Used as a mere tool

Means to an end

On beck and call for fun

Not feeling the cool

Mocking laughter burns

Wafting long after

Stepped over like stool

Left to ferment under the sun

A hangover lingers

The joke before a punch line

Beleaguered and punch drunk

Playing car roulette

Chasing imaginary chickens

All the while smelling it foul

Tainted romance

Played like a fool

In front of all

Disgraced and ridiculed

Used like puck in a kids game

The tool in someone else’s diversion

A thrill ride to pass the time

Not fooling the cool

Mocking giggles behind the stares

Scars heal yet still leave there mark

Playing the small blind in a big stakes game

All in and folded

Played the fool