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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ANY WIFE, by ALBERTINE H. MILLER
First Line: It is the small familiar things that hurt
Last Line: So faulty and so human, but so dear.
Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature
First Line: It is the small familiar things that hurt
Last Line: So faulty and so human, but so dear.
Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature
It is the small familiar things that hurt --
Your garden hat behind the kitchen door;
The muddied shoes still standing by the sill:
Your old dog stretched full-length upon the floor.
Your gay disorder vexed me once, I know.
But now if I could wipe that record clear,
I'd cancel out each small impatient frown
And have you still as once I had you here,
So faulty and so human, but so dear.
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