The Biggest Mistake Of My Life

Poem dedicated to an ex-colleague of mine in Mumbai who cheated me out of a huge sum of money in the name of a sister. Here is the content:

It was the biggest mistake of my life

To develop a friendship with you

Yes, you were my colleague

Hence, I had to interact with you

But I should have kept my distance

Of course, it wasn’t entirely my fault

You had your methods

When it came to charming people

Especially fools like me

Who were gullible enough

To fall for your sob stories

In my defence, though; I am autistic

And I thought you truly understood me

While the reality was as different

As India is, from Australia

You pretended to care for me like a sister

And took advantage of me

In the most brutal manner

While you kept calling me “brother”

I was actually your bank account

Jesus tells us to love even our enemies

However, in my not-so-humble opinion

A friend who cheats you

Is far, far worse; than an enemy

Moreover, you have a friend

Who makes excuses for you

Of course, your nature is such

That you are even capable of ditching her

When you need her no longer

Your filthy mouth is so full of lies

That it’s a wonder your nose hasn’t grown

The way it usually does for Pinocchio

Anyway, coming to the matter at hand

The amount of money you owe me

Is even taller than Mount Everest!!

I don’t know whether you are genuinely ill

As your friend claims

Or simply absconding, like the coward you are

Nevertheless, you need to cough up

I don’t care how you do it

Because, though I am usually very patient

You have pushed me beyond all limits of endurance

Thus, unless I soon see some action from your side

I will be left with no choice

But to set the cops on your tail

You may be thinking

That I am too powerless to punish you

However, be warned

I am usually very sweet and caring

But when it comes to something like betrayal of trust

I can be very, very dangerous

Yes, it was indeed the biggest mistake of my life

To trust you in the first place

However, as the famous cliché goes

“What goes around comes around”