machiavellian Tajik Meaning

...achiavellian lies, thrown in a dungeon with the flies. Like everything else I?ve lost myself. my dicey perch on a dangling shelf. I have no stash, nor obvious pelf. Broke my ego, yanked my ?self?. Spooks I knew were staking me, ought I to have, just let it be? Couldn?t have cast to scurry away. My lo...