DO YOU REMEMBER

Do you remember when you read the Black Cat

by Edgar Allan Poe?

The whole cycle of love was explained:

something I would rather not know.

You were disgusted when I came too close,

yet longed for me when I was far away.

This explains the craziness of love.

It is why that mix of cynicism and sadness

describes everyone we know.

It is why life is a gruff joke.

I no longer read quickly.

Do you remember when you read the Black Cat

by Edgar Allan Poe?