Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

Only One Ever Knew Me

They weren’t going to like me anyway
No one else ever had
So I gave them my sharps and my pokes and my sneers
I gave them my toughness. To let them know.
They were right.
I was so bad, no one could love me.
No one ever had.
And no one ever would.
Well, one had,
So I killed her for it.
Because I could not stand how wrong she was.
Everybody knew I was bad to the bone.
Why hadn’t she gotten that?
My mother had.

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L Milton Hankins March 10, 2021 at 8:10 PM Oh my, Caren. This is precious! Well-written and elicited the kind of chuckle all humorous poetry should. Nice job! Caren Krutsinger March 11, 2021 at 12:51 PM Thank you Milton.

Unseeking Seeker March 10, 2021 at 6:47 PM I read something along these lines once, on how a criminal mind works ... Caren Krutsinger March 11, 2021 at 12:52 PM I was thinking of a sad little one, not knowing it was delightful or criminal more than sad actually.