Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BITTERS, by ROSE PORTER


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BITTERS, by                    
First Line: Why do I keep remembering
Last Line: To remember?
Subject(s): Identity


Why do I keep remembering --
Little things you said?
And the intimate way you said them?
Why do I cling ... remembering ...
To a thrill ... I should have
Long ago forgotten?
Why do I close my eyes ... seeking
To see you ... as I beheld you ... then?
So near ... and yet, even as now ...
So very far away ...
You caressed me ... adoring.
For a space I lost identity
In the oneness of our being.
And, not even our fingertips
So much as touched.
And ... your lips ...?
I can not even remember them.
Why ... must I keep remembering ...
At all ... I ... who have ... so little
To remember?





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