How I Loved HerHow I loved Rita--
Then lost her fast.
She said, "In love?
You're self centered.
Your -ME- factor permeates."
I tried to tell her how wrong that was...
She had no right.
(I was screaming at the back of a head.)
Those bags got packed;
Reply cut deep,
"Of course you are.
You are a poet--aren't you?"