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8 | class: autocento | 8 | class: autocento |
9 | ... | 9 | ... |
10 | 10 | ||
11 | Your casserole dish takes the longest: \ | 11 | | Your casserole dish takes the longest: |
12 | it has some baked-in crust from when you \ | 12 | | it has some baked-in crust from when you |
13 | cooked chicken last night. Washing it \ | 13 | | cooked chicken last night. Washing it |
14 | allows me to think about this poem's title \ | 14 | | allows me to think about this poem's title |
15 | and the first few lines. Now that I've \ | 15 | | and the first few lines. Now that I've |
16 | written them down, I've [forgotten the rest][]. | 16 | | written them down, I've [forgotten the rest][]. |
17 | 17 | ||
18 | While scraping at something with my finger- \ | 18 | | While scraping at something with my finger- |
19 | nail, I catch myself wondering again whether \ | 19 | | nail, I catch myself wondering again whether |
20 | you'll thank me for washing your dishes. \ | 20 | | you'll thank me for washing your dishes. |
21 | I realize that this would defeat the point \ | 21 | | I realize that this would defeat the point |
22 | of my gesture, that this has destroyed \ | 22 | | of my gesture, that this has destroyed |
23 | all good thoughts I've had about saying | 23 | | all good thoughts I've had about saying |
24 | 24 | ||
25 | "I'm sorry." This, [this is the reason][] why \ | 25 | | "I'm sorry." This, [this is the reason][] why |
26 | I am always apologizing: because I never \ | 26 | | I am always apologizing: because I never |
27 | mean it, because there is always, in [some \ | 27 | | mean it, because there is always, in [some |
28 | attic][attic], a thought roaming that says, insists: \ | 28 | | attic][attic], a thought roaming that says, insists: |
29 | 29 | ||
30 | "I've done nothing wrong, and I deserve \ | 30 | | "I've done nothing wrong, and I deserve |
31 | all I can take, and more than that." | 31 | | all I can take, and more than that." |
32 | 32 | ||
33 | [this is the reason]: http://plagiarist.com/poetry/1703/ | 33 | [this is the reason]: http://plagiarist.com/poetry/1703/ |
34 | [forgotten the rest]: elegyforanalternateself.html | 34 | [forgotten the rest]: elegyforanalternateself.html |