NEVER CON A CON

My subconscious conjured you up

Confusing my troubled heart

Contradicting what I felt about you

Conveying what I know now to be true





Concerned with only your con

Which brought you here today

Much contriving and conspiring

Concise concealment was your way



Our conclave confirming real love

Perhaps merely a confab to you

Absconding with my foolish heart

While I misconstrued what was true



I tried to concentrate on matters at hand

But conflicting emotions converged

Some based on fact, some pure conjecture

But all condemnatory thoughts emerged



You connected with the wrong person

Your killer, her husband, out-conned you

Conquering you at your own conniving game

Also conducting his wife's suffering too

The congregation had started to conclude

Low conversations were heard to my right

Feeling a bit contrite, I unclenched my fist

Containing the dirt to sprinkle on your burial site

subconscious - noun:   psychic activity just below the level of awareness

conclave - noun:   a confidential or secret meeting

confab - noun:   an informal conversation

Absconding - verb:   run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

misconstrued - verb:   interpret in the wrong way

conjecture - noun:   reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence

condemnatory - adjective:   containing or imposing condemnation or censure

contrite - adjective:   feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses