Gary Cooper

Wouldn't it have been romantic if I'd thought of you
When I received that first shock to my heart, or when
The second hit me like a lightning bolt, a bomb, or
Something? But I didn't think of you. I thought,
Instead, that I was dying. You were out of mind
Because that's how it seems you've tried to be.
At one point, I'd have called your name, and seen
Your face, and scuttled off to have you near
To comfort me, but that point's passed. I'm
Gary Cooper. I must try to soothe myself,
While you, once co-star, now an extra,
Blunder dumbly through the set which
Was to be where we'd be lovers. Now it's
Just impediments, and, if I'm lucky, I can
See you, far off, navigating them. I pant,
Leaned up against a pallet, shocked three
Times and terrified. You made me go.
The monster in my chest has risen. Like a god,
It's stricken me, and all that I can do is wince,
And hope that either I will die or it will cease.
There's not much romance in such hopes,
And not much hope that you'll return.
I'm on my horse. I'm leaving town.
I will not think of you.



Poetry by Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2017-05-03 at 01:53

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