By Misti
Date: 2004 Jul 25
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My Greatness

you told me of my greatness
when we talked on the phone tonight
told me about the greatness of your grandfather
the painter
and your aunt
the celloist
then there's me
the fuck up
and I am great in that
fucking up great romances
and writing great poems about my
inadequacies
but thank you
and I love you
for the compliment
but the greatest thing I ever did
was loving you like I meant it
'cause I did
and I do
and you may never know
that divorcing my husband
to wing it with you
was the second greatest sacrifice of my life
and I will never regret it
forget it
I'm a great writer...right
let's leave it at that.