The understanding
by Margaret C. Rigsby

I told you I was searching
and you said, “Oh.”
I told you this ‘arrangement’
left me feeling cold.
I told you I needed more
and you said, “Oh.”

I wince at the realization
of how easy it will be
for you to let me go.


© 5/19/99 - and beyond
Revised 9/28/99

"The Understanding," was published in Panda Quarterly Poetry Magazine in the July 2002 Issue 11, Issn 1475-7184. This is a UK publication in magazine form.




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