Jealousy

Iris Litt

I try not to think
of what they are doing now
and, wherever it is, of why
he is doing it with her
instead of me
and I try not to remember
what it was like
when he did do it with me
but the mind insists
on remembering
what was delicious
and, after the memory,
begging for another taste.
I tell my mind every time
that it is all grown up now
and when it asks for him
the answer is No
and when it asks Why
I say, Because I Say So.

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