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Whoever told you they didn’t love you,
offered you no coat against chill winds,
kept you from hellos
that should have been said,
gave you no oar
against the strong waves of derision?
Whoever told you they didn’t love you,
gave no protection
against eccentric ferocities toward you
by those recruits they furnished?
Whoever told you they didn’t love you,
while projecting an affectionate
deception,
while acting as a well-behaved chum,
yet withholding something as simple
as tea in a mug?
They wish for you to stand beside them
as they gaze into the glasses in a hall of
mirrors,
hoping your reflections
will show crestfallen images
depicting misery and shame.
If you’re wise,
you’ll be looking elsewhere.
Linda
Imbler
Linda Imbler is an internationally
published poet, an avid reader, classical guitar player, and a practitioner of
both Yoga and Tai Chi.
In, addition, she helps her husband, a
Luthier, build acoustic guitars. She lives in Wichita, Kansas, U.S.A.
where she enjoys her 200-gallon
saltwater reef tank wherein resides her 24
year old yellow tang. Linda’s poetry collections include nine
published paperbacks: Big Questions,
Little Sleep First
Edition, Big Questions, Little Sleep Second Edition; Lost
and Found; Red Is The Sunrise; Bus Lights; Travel
Sight; Spica’s Frequency;
Doubt and Truth; A Mad Dance; and Twelvemonth. Soma
Publishing has published her four e-book collections, The Sea’s Secret
Song;
Pairings,
a hybrid of short fiction and poetry; That Fifth Element; and Per
Quindecim. Examples of Linda’s poetry and a listing of
publications
can be found at lindaspoetryblog.blogspot.com. Linda has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and six Best Of The Nets.