Alicia Ostriker, from The Imaginary Lover: Poems; “25th Year of Marriage, It Goes On,”
So I’ll be the loser in this game
I’ll be the bad guy in the play
I’ll be the water main that’s burst and flooding
You’ll be by the window, only watchin’
//
I always thought the choice was mine
And I was right, but I just chose wrong
I start the day lying and end with the truth
That I’m dying for the knife