I WANT TO THANK YOU

The Betty Poems

for putting a spark
into a part of my heart
I'd thought long ago
extinguished...

But it never did ignite.

Another
will be the recipient
of the flame
which she knew
how to fan
and I
had no choice
but to allow her to.

It is not fair,
I know,
and little comfort,
even cruel
to read.

Sometimes
being a good writer
is a poor excuse
for being a prick
of a human being.

Norman Savage,
Greenwich Village, 2013