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Response to a Poem from an Old Journal

A Poem

By Laura DiNovis BerryPublished 6 years ago 1 min read
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4/14/2015

If you weren’t you, we could work together.

You’re hardworking and well traveled that’s true.

You’re an ass though so it doesn’t matter.

My stomach flutters when I see you, sure,

But you’re an idiot—that’s nothing new.

If you weren’t you, we could work together.

I think parts of your could be my lover—

The quiet morning coffee part of you,

But you’re an ass so it doesn’t matter.

This is dumb—I shouldn’t even bother.

Even if we tried I know what you’d do.

If you weren’t you, we could work together.

I think—at least one way or another.

I wonder if you would cheat on me too.

You’re an ass though so it doesn’t matter.

Maybe the same things also bothered her.

Do you always have a girl in the queue?

If you weren’t you, we could work together.

You’re an ass though so it doesn't matter.

6/21/2017

Thinking back I am not glad but rather

dismissive of the time wasted on you.

Not just an ass, but of bad character

you were an idiot—I was for sure.

A drunk fool groping in the dark for you;

thinking back I am not glad but rather

wish I could reach back through time to shelter

that past self who’d been able to confuse

plain lust with a maturing desire.

We did develop, though only after,

a confident, bitter-sweet sort of view.

Thinking back I am not sad but rather

realize that my heartache helped me acquire

an awareness of what I sought through you.

Not some ne’er do well of false character,

but a friend. One that I could call “partner.”

Someone who isn’t perfect but is true.

Thinking back, I am now glad and rather

pleased with the growth of my own character.

inspirational
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About the Creator

Laura DiNovis Berry

Welcome! I provide free book reviews for modern poets! At the end of the year, 10% of all earnings and donations will be given to a non profit organization. This year you will all be helping Lambda Literary! Thank you!

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