I've been cheated... been mistreated ... 2023

 

I’ve been short changed, bamboozled, duped, shafted, strong armed, cut short, kicked to the curb (USA version), kicked to the kerb (British version), stabbed in the back, hoo-hashed, bawled out, walked on, slammed, ostracized, bullied, kicked in the bottom, suspended, I’ve been cheated—been mistreated; beat up, beat down, run out of town, kicked under the bus, torn me a new one, chewed out, hollered at, slapped around, doubted, pouted, left for dead, wounded, spit on, tongue lashed, rode hard—put up wet, weaned, leaned, double covered, team tagged, tackled, pushed and shoved (these words are always together … there was a lot of ‘pushing and shoving’ going on), Kung Fu fought, frightened, diagnosed, prognosed, proposed, denied, turned away, turned on, tuned out, saved, baptized, rededicated, re-baptized, scorned, torn, born, forlorn, ripped, snipped, dyed, cut, stabbed, shot at, shot in, rooked, racked, carried, jumped, dropped, dribbled, lifted, loved, jilted, watched, warned, told, not told, asked, not asked, rebelled, reconnected, reunion, saddened, gladdened, helped, hurt, lay, lie, lain,