Muehling, Jodi

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Cedarville ReviewVolume 2 Article 231999We Are BetrayedJodi MuehlingDigitalCommons@Cedarville provides a publication platform for fully open access journals, whichmeans that all articles are available on the Internet to all users immediately upon publication.However, the opinions and sentiments expressed by the authors of articles published in our journalsdo not necessarily indicate the endorsement or reflect the views of DigitalCommons@Cedarville,the Centennial Library, or Cedarville University and its employees. The authors are solelyresponsible for the content of their work. Please address questions to dc@cedarville.edu.Recommended CitationMuehling, Jodi (1999) "We Are Betrayed," Cedarville Review: Vol. 2 , Article 23.Available at: https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/cedarvillereview/vol2/iss1/23We Are BetrayedBrowse the contents of this issue of Cedarville Review.KeywordsPoetryCreative Commons LicenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0License.Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/cedarvillereviewPart of the Poetry CommonsThis poetry is available in Cedarville Review: https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/cedarvillereview/vol2/iss1/23Jodi MuehlingWe Are BetrayedAnd though our loved one is laid low in the grave, we must still praise... -  words of a foolThat’s what we areA networking of fools caught in a program of idiocy Devoid of pride Devoid of reasonYou must laugh at this circus sceneMen with witless grinsskipping in the ringwho trip and fallbut raise their red-tipped canesfrom the foul dust of the earthTo Hail!You make a mockery of our destined existence.But I will not be fooled I still have some pride I yell from the foundations of the earth to summon the knowledge of menAnd thenYou ask me to look where I standto consider the source of the knowledge of manto remember what I know of love and sacrifice.I am betrayed.page 52 Jodi Muehling

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