I don’t want to make a big thing out of this but
it bothers me
when you act like
I can’t hurt your feelings anymore.

When you just shake your head and sigh
when I dig at you
asking about your weight
or your career
or who you are seeing these days.
It devalues me
that you pretend
that I can no longer devalue you.

I am a sensitive man
and I have a sensitive man’s needs
and I need to believe
that our time together meant something
but if I am unable to destabilize you
like the days of yore,
if you’re not interested in listening to my trash talk
what does that say about me?

I’m not asking you to change anything.
You should be the person you were meant to be
and if that person is too and high and mighty
to feel for me,
then so be it.
So be it,
bitch.