Did you forget the best revenge is living well?
So elegant, and more than that, it works –
it means you won’t waste time to try to tell
the honest souls apart from irksome jerks.
(I think you did).

Did you forget what goes around redounds on you?
Some call it karma but, by any name,
it seems malevolence increases, due
to dark intention, and it has poor aim.
(I think you did).

Did you forget to dig a secondary pit
beside where you’d inter that enemy?
That if you eat revenge appropriate,
it’s best served cold – though tasteless that will be.
(I think you did).

I’d never counsel you to turn the other cheek,
but when you rise above, you start to soar.
Nobody wants you tentative or meek,
but you forgot how wise you were before.