My First Affair With That Older Woman
when I look back now
At the abuse I took from
Her
I feel shame that I was so
Innocent,
But I must say
She did match me drink for
Drink,
And I realized that her life
Her feelings for things
Had been ruined
Along the way
And that I was no mare than a
Temporary
Companion;
She was ten years older
And mortally hurt by the past
And the present;
She treated me badly:
Desertion, other
Men;
She brought me immense
Pain,
Continually;
She lied, stole;
There was desertion,
Other men,
Yet we had our moments; and
Our little soap opera ended
With her in a coma
In the hospital,
And I sat at her bed
For hours
Talking to her,
And then she opened her eyes
And saw me:
“I knew it would be you,”
She said.
Then hse closed her
Eyes.
The next day she was
Dead.
I drank alone
For two years
After that.
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