By SusieQ
Date: 8 January 2001
Underachieving Romeo
He said, "I've found someone,
or rather,
she found me."
I could not hold back my bitter tears
as he offered me smiling condolences,
for, in my mind's eye,
I saw the new girl,
leaning over his shoulder,
with features far more fair than mine.
For shame! For shame!
That this grocery-bagging Romeo
could make his sometime Juliet weep
and ache
even when my new companion pales my fickle former love.
Many things I understand,
but not the labyrinth of my heart.
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