In retrospect
I don’t know why I was surprised
why I thought it could end any other way.
You seems so engaged
when we first spoke
and the next few occasions
but somehow
somewhere along the line
something happened
and you changed your mind.

You changed your mind
and found better people to talk to.
You changed your mind
and went to hipper clubs.
You changed your mind
and got wiser advice.
You changed your mind
and your taste
and left me far behind.

I get it
if I think about it
just s little bit.
You would never have settled for my kind
when there are so very many fish to fry
in the sea
that are so much tastier.
It makes sense that you’d sample
everything available
and decide what was best
and obviously
that weren’t me.

I understand.
I shouldn’t have bee surprised.
I ought to have expected it.
Still
it hurts
and knowing what I know
I think I never should have tried to get you
to buy my World Book collection.