A Curious Secret

 

When I said that I read
Vita Sackville-West
He didn't get it

When I said I had a yen
To visit Llangollen
and bask in the past
of those infamous ladies
He still didn't get it

When I wrote I was smote
in a Sapphic type verse
He just didn't get it

I even told him of my passion
for Balthus' "Guitar Lesson"
 yet he still didn't get it!

So while we watched
"Gazon Maudit"
and he sat there
 obliviously
I asked him to join us
Now he gets it!

 

© Justine Tennant 2004

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