_____ by Rebecca Strait

okay....
so what do you want me to do?
say i'm sorry?
moan, beg, plead?
come crawling on both knees
with tears in my eyes
and heart in one hand?
how about publishing a sad poem
about us on the internet
for all of the world, but, more importantly,
for YOU to see?
do you wnat me dead, out of your life,
wavering conscience, and mind?
or shall you just contine to give me
"the silent trip"
(which really says that you love and still need me)
until the end of time?
do want me to masturbate
to the blessed memory and lost lost you--
without having the pleasure
of feeling YOU in-between my sheets?
or would you have me ask
like an innocent little child again
to suck from your sweet well of love?

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